Daily Kos diarist: Declining casualty rates in Iraq are not due to the surge

Nutroots City Limits Charles Johnson bravely waded into the land of Nutrootia and found this, er, nugget from Daily Kos diarist Brandon Friedman titled: The Real Story Behind the Falling Casualty Rate in Iraq. Apparently Friedman thinks we should thank Muqtada al-Sadr for the declining casualty rate, instead of the US military. Figures. The ‘bats don’t have it in them to give Bush and Petraeus any credit for anything.

In related Nutroots news, Daily Kos diarist “Media Blades” has started his own personal campaign to stop defunding the war: by pledging to refuse to pay the portion of taxes we pay for our military (h/t: MM):

We won’t wait anymore. Since Congress, particularly the congressional leadership, refuses to do so, my wife and I are personally defunding the war and occupation of Iraq. We refuse for the foreseeable future to surrender the portion of our taxes that pays for U.S. imperialism and the militarization which backs it up. We’re inventing nothing, merely joining with thousands of other war-tax protesters whose history on the North American continent dates back to 1637 when the Algonquins refused to pay a Dutch tax levied to remodel a fort built in the midst of these Indians to control them on their own land.

Ah, moral relativism rears its ugly head again.

You just can’t make this stuff up.

10 Responses to "Daily Kos diarist: Declining casualty rates in Iraq are not due to the surge"

Kevin says:

November 5, 2007 at 4:26 pm

I’m personally defunding entitlements then!
forest hunter says:

November 5, 2007 at 5:09 pm

Amazing amount of head pudding in the comment section as well. Case in point:

I depend on Daily Kos and especiallly writers like you to provide this important perspective on the news. I now instinctually don’t trust the MSM, but it really helps to have accurate information to know why!

I have to go shower now. What a bunch of imbeciles, right down to the last sheep!
Wake up America- says:

November 5, 2007 at 5:14 pm

Daily Kos Admits That Casualty Rates in Iraq are F

I did…good, just making sure everyone understands that those that are there and have been since before the surge and since it began, are quite adamant that the surge has allowed for the majority of progress we have been seeing.
Dana says:

November 5, 2007 at 7:58 pm

Uhhh, the Lost Kos diarist described himself as a “radical Democrat,” which almost certainly means that he doesn’t have a real job, and is living either on some sort of welfare or still with his parents. Since he only owes 11Â¢ in taxes, it ain’t much of a statement.
Steve Skubinna says:

November 5, 2007 at 8:21 pm

I’ve never been a “love it or leave it” type, but why are guys like that still here? America has never been a decent nation or done anything for other than evil purpose, in their perspective. And it’s never going to be the country they want it to be, however much they stamp their little feet and clench their little fists and hold their breath until they turn blue.

They’re never going to like living here, so what keeps them? I mean, other than the secret knowledge that they’re self aggrandizing hysterical drama queens?

Go on, guys, split! Pick a country you like and go there.
Severian says:

November 5, 2007 at 9:04 pm

Steve, people like him are exactly the same as the old joke about an old woman complaining about a restaurant she frequented. “The food is just terrible, and the servings are so small!”
NC Cop says:

November 5, 2007 at 9:44 pm

We refuse for the foreseeable future to surrender the portion of our taxes that pays for U.S. imperialism and the militarization which backs it up.

No doubt this person also refused to pay for the occupation of Bosnia under President Clinton. I mean, considering that Clinton had no declaration of war, not to mention no Congressional authority, like Bush had. As far as I can tell, we’re still “occupying” Bosnia, aren’t we?

Come to think of it, we’re also occupying Japan, Germany, Italy, South Korea, etc. etc.

These people really need to get a life.
Meteor Blades says:

November 6, 2007 at 12:03 am

Uhhh, the Lost Kos diarist described himself as a “radical Democrat” which almost certainly means that he doesn’t have a real job, and is living either on some sort of welfare or still with his parents. Since he only owes 11Â¢ in taxes, it ain’t much of a statement.

I’m 60. I’ve worked part-time since I was 14, and full-time since I was 21 except for the 13 months I spent in prison for refusing to be drafted for Vietnam.

As for leaving America, my Seminole ancestors have been here for upwards of 300 generations. How long have yours?

And, Kevin, if you’re willing to go to jail or accept the other likely punishments for your refusal to pay part or all of your taxes, have at it. I’m willing to accept the penalties for my civil disobedience. All I hear from right-wingers is whining.
Great White Rat says:

November 6, 2007 at 11:45 am

Oh, where to begin with this one…

With rights come responsibilities. The left, including MB, is very big on demanding their “rights”, but hide in the tall grass when the time comes to shoulder their responsibilities.

Fortunately for MB, there are enough Americans who do understand the need to protect our freedoms, so you can continue to cower while a few hundred thousand brave men and women, including people like our friend NC Cop, do their part to protect your miserable, worthless hide from future homicide bombers and head-choppers.

As for leaving America, my Seminole ancestors have been here for upwards of 300 generations. How long have yours?

Ah, the ancestry card. Don’t try to play it here. It won’t wash. I don’t care what your ancestors did, or how long they were here. You live in America, in the year 2007. One Alfred Rascon – who wasn’t even a citizen yet when he won the Medal of Honor – is worth more than a boatload of whimpering leftists who would trample either other to be first in line for America’s benefits but can’t be bothered to serve her.

If you still think the Seminole blood gives you a pass on defending America, consider this, from the link referenced above:

Being an American has nothing to do with the place of your birth, the color of your skin, the language of your parents, or the way you worship God . . . it comes straight from the heart.

Bill Clinton, 2/8/2000

(Yeah, I know, Clinton’s as bad as any of them – but in this case he at least got the words right.)

So now we know where MB’s heart is.

Then there’s this:

All I hear from right-wingers is whining.

As, for example, what? Got any instances? No? I thought not.

Actually, Dana’s description of the “radical Democrat” cuts right to the core of the immaturity of the hard left. You don’t see conservatives making fools of themselves by prancing around in the streets in giant papier-mache heads – only the immature left. You don’t see conservatives throwing tantrums like two-year olds when someone with another viewpoint speaks – only the immature left.
Lorica says:

November 6, 2007 at 1:44 pm

GWR it is a hate crime to disagree with a leftist, what is wrong with you?? We want you around abit longer Mister!!

I will agree with your sentiment about us ‘right wing whiners’ tho. How many restrictions have been put on the Christians, even hate crimes legislation aimed towards them, and now 40 years later after the 1st attacks, the Peoples of the Christian Church are fighting back and we are called whiners. Bravo!!

As far as being part of the Seminole nation always a claim made by a victim mentality, it really has lost it’s ability to move people. On my Mother’s side I am part Cherokee, on my Father’s side I am part Sauk-Fox, a great deal of the population of this country has Native blood coursing thru their veins, and don’t even know it. So my words actually have more meaning than anyone elses, I am representing 2 Native nations.

It will be interesting to see what the IRS does with all of these, I mean both of these “Protestors”. If they get away with it, I am most certainly going to stop paying for entitlements that have done nothing for me. Hell if enough of us stop paying for this crutch, we might get the reforms we have asked for and some tax relief over these extremely wasteful Government entitlements. – Lorica

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