Yes, but what does it have to do with Rev. Wright?
4 Americans were killed in Iraq yesterday, 44 injured ...but watching TV you wouldn't know it. Just in case all those cable news talking heads are interested -- IF they can break away from their faux outrage over Rev. Wright's latest comments -- there is a war raging in Iraq. And it IS raging:
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, April 29, 2008; Page A10
Tuesday, April 29, 2008; Page A10
"BAGHDAD, April 28 -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed in two rocket attacks in Baghdad on Monday as clashes between U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militiamen intensified, the military said.
Three soldiers were killed about 1 p.m. in eastern Baghdad, where fighters loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have battled U.S. and Iraqi troops. The fourth American soldier was killed at 4:15 p.m. in the western part of the capital, a U.S. military spokesman said. The military provided few other details about the attacks.
The deaths marked one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in Iraq since Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched an offensive against Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra in late March, prompting retaliation there and in the vast Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad. Forty-four U.S. troops have died in Iraq in April, according to iCasualties.org, which tracks military fatalities, more than any month since September. [..] "
Our troops are not safe in that quagmire called Iraq even in the Green Zone. In fact, the Green Zone will prolly soon become the most dangerous area of the entire city of Baghdad. What an ironic -- yet totally expected -- turn in this sad ugly saga.
Obviously the insurgents have changed tactics. I read that they are flush with money from the poppy harvest and they can buy rockets with longer ranges. (Remember Hezbollah's bombardment of Israel?)
Where does this put John McCain...given that he has no problem with keeping our military in Iraq for 100 years, as long as our troops aren't shot or harmed while stationed there?
Who will be the last to die for a mistake?
Whose blood will spill?
Whose heart will break?
Who will be the last to die for a mistake?
-Bruce Springsteen
Whose blood will spill?
Whose heart will break?
Who will be the last to die for a mistake?
-Bruce Springsteen
