What the "Surge" is Really All About

Johnny J

The "surge" is portrayed by the U.S. media as an ill-fated attempt by a desperate President to control the violence in Baghdad. Never mind that the presence of U.S. troops in and of itself is the main cause of the violence. What the actual purpose of the surge is to CRUSH the major power in Iraq today -- Sadr, his militia, and the two million residents that inhabit Sadr City.

However you may feel about Islamic fundamentalism, Sadr represents the majority of the public will in Iraq. And Bush and the U.S. military is preparing to flatten this opposition by waging warfare in densely populated urban areas. This will be a repeat of how Fallujah was completely destroyed a year or two ago. The amount of casualties will be enormous.

This operation is scheduled to take place in mid-February. Already, the Sadrists are asking every family to commit one male from 15 - 45 to defend their homes and neighborhoods.

This operation is very disturbing. I urge the reader to follow these events closely and share your thoughts on this matter with as many people you know.

**Ferre** · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject:

That oil sure costs a lot of Iraqi lives, and the end is not near. Americans are pooring Iraqi blood in their SUV's.
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Nachtschattenreich · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject:

I cannot buy into your assertion that Muqtada al-Sadr represented the public will in Iraq.

With the same reasoning I might believe that John P. Walters represented the public will in the U. S. of America.

This pseudoreligious warlord is a prohibitionist of the worst kind who parasitically takes meaning in life from preventing others of realising their freedom. Prohibition is universally wrong, regardless of cultural differences. There seems to be a kind of correlation the more oil a country has the more things are prohibited there.

In the Iraqi Question generally we can see that there is a component that is about the nation that is asking and another component which is actually about that country mixed into one. E.g. if you walk out of the German embassy in Teheran, the first thing you get to see of Persia is a memorial of the 1980s chemical weapons attacks.

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In the American case what appears to the outside observer is a culture developing a taste for Mushroom clouds, as it had been doing since the Iraqi Question came into being, which in and out of itself would not be disturbing did it not happen in a disturbing cultural context:

"You don't want me to tell you the exact nature of this risk, and neither does 24's executive producer, Howard Gordon, who sent critics a note asking us to refrain, which strikes me as fair. The letter also refers to Jack as 'our Everyman,' which is rather bizarre. Everyman isn't the first term most people would reach for to describe an unkillable supercop who often takes his orders straight from the president. If Jack Bauer is an everyman, then so is James Bond. Does Gordon mean to say that Jack is every regular guy's ideal of courage? The empowering fantasy of all-American male rage? ... How many other cultures have shows on the order of 24 and Sleeper Cell—programs that convert blasts of terror into pops of corn? Does it happen in places where things blow up with some regularity? Do they unwind with such stuff in Tel Aviv or Thailand? Has Penélope Cruz ever slipped into a cat suit to battle Basque separatists? Or can an everyman like Jack exist only in this decadent superpower?" Slate

I would add, this particular phenomenon shows all the characteristic symptoms of a Cocaine subculture.

**aeroplane** · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:38 am Post subject:

How do you spell coward? I spell it B-U-S-H. Bush is the world's biggest coward. The definition of Yellow. During Viet Nam he did his best to keep from being shipped over seas because he "...didn't believe in that war." Hell, he hardly even attended his once a month weekend warrior practices while safe at home in Texas. But yet, he has the gall to call himself the "war president"? (Is that some boyscout badge of honor for buying the most girlscout cookies?)

It sounds to me like the surge he wants and desperately needs is one in his pants, but lord knows that could get him impeached. (While starting and sustaining an illegal war doesn't.)

Better to hide behind the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives instead. BU Evil or Very Mad

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Nachtschattenreich · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject:

Germany didn´t believe and participate in that war either. The outstanding national hero of that time is Benno Ohnesorg, a pacifist.

Problem being, peace be upon him. Another reason why he would not be available for the White House is that there is some regulation or so that only native Americans can become President.

goobud · regular contributor Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 36

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Nachtschattenreich · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject:

Took those speeches on my playlist.

We are the primary earthbased lazarett site* for US CENTCOM operations. Landstuhl* is a name quitewellknown all the ranks up to POTUS.

I served my draft as bedpan recruit in a civilian hospital a couple of years ago. From the perspective of a lazarett surgeon IEDs are just another type of landmines. Go recruit dish up those painkillers again.

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Nachtschattenreich · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject:

Hmm. One of these 21th century trends in military issues is battlefield cleanup. Civilisation cannot walk away from an unfinished battlefield any more as in the 20th century. The whole DU issue has become a pull linkage for this.

This relates to one of the points that the intellectual drill sergeant from Indymedia got right. The Iraq war began in August 1990*. This is the actual parallel in the histories of Germany and Iraq. In 1918, coalition troops stopped at the borders of Germany such as they stopped at the borders of Iraq in 1991. We are lucky, had my Grandfather been an Arab I'd be born in a refugee camp.

The broken fortune soldier mentions that he saw comrades "dealing with drugs" (minute 16-17 in the mp3) during his recovery time in Germany. The contribution of the military-industrial complex to the establishment of a reliable black market for Cannabis, during the time of the Vietnam generation even more than in ours, should not be underestimated.* His basic point is war is 90% stupidity 10% mayhem. This is also why I did not listen until the end of his speech.

When I walked into the forum you linked, I found this story about how the Pentagon teaches you to rent a hotel room in Germany: Not really funny

Can you elaborate please?