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I hope you're right

Donald — 2/19/2005 8:35:59 PM (archived)

The 200,000 number was reported a couple of days ago as an estimate of the Iraqi government. The "sixty attacks per day number comes from Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lets hope you're right and the insurgents are losing ground. But with dozens of Iraqis dying daily, it doesn't appear to be abating any time soon.

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1,476 - Donald - 2/19/2005 2:57:12 PM
- Very bad. On the flip side, the first Arab democracy - David F Mayer - 2/20/2005 10:28:46 PM
  - Don't forget Afghanistan. They had an election first. - Tom Brosz - 2/21/2005 7:30:01 PM
- Meanwhile: The quagmire persists - Donald - 2/19/2005 3:00:52 PM
  - Exactly how is "quagmire" defined? Other than a politically-loaded buzz word, that is? - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2005 5:00:22 PM
    - "Not one person expected the terrorists to fold up and just go away after the election." Dick Cheney, after the invasion. - Bowser - 2/19/2005 7:07:40 PM
      - True enough, for all but a small percentage. - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2005 7:19:38 PM
        
        Russert "- - - do you think the American people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant American casualties?" - Bowser - 2/20/2005 4:57:56 AM
        
        That was a non-answer (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/20/2005 2:03:43 PM
    - Merriam-Webster's definition: a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position (n/t) - Eric - 2/19/2005 5:13:42 PM
      - The quixotic quandary of this quagmire - Donald - 2/19/2005 5:55:34 PM
        
        Please show where the terrorists number in the hundreds of thousands from a credible source. - ebnelson - 2/19/2005 6:28:47 PM
        
        I hope you're right - Donald - 2/19/2005 8:35:59 PM
    - "Quagmire" - Donald - 2/19/2005 5:12:01 PM
      - re: "Quagmire" - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2005 7:18:16 PM

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