There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq. ----------------------------------------- FDR (DEMOCRAT) led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us; Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost ... an average of 112,500 per year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Truman (DEMOCRAT) finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost .... an average of 18,334 per year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John F. Kennedy (DEMOCRAT) started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson (DEMOCRAT) turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost ... an average of 5,800 per year. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Clinton (DEMOCRAT) went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Sep 11, 1:32�am, "d.b.baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > � � WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush secretly approved > orders in July that for the first time allow U.S. special forces to > carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the approval of the > Pakistani government, The New York Times reported on Thursday. > > � � The new orders reflect concern about safe havens for Al Qaeda and > the Taliban inside Pakistan, as well as an American view that Pakistan > lacks the will and ability to combat militants, the paper said. > > � � "The situation in the tribal areas is not tolerable," said a > senior U.S. official who spoke to the Times on condition of anonymity. > "We have to be more assertive. Orders have been issued." > > � � The newspaper said the orders also illustrated lingering distrust > of the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies and a belief some > U.S. operations had been compromised once Pakistanis were advised of > the details. -http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10491207.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
