Anybody Know Any Good News From Iraq?

[leftyladyfrommo]

I have a RW that keeps saying I'm ignoring the good news. But I can't find any. Anybody know where to look? I would like to try and be fair.

[katmondoo]

1. Ask the RW , sounds like he knows something the rest of us do not

have privy to.

[BOSSHOG]

2. 50 Americans did not die in Iraq yesterday, so there

Althought I don't know if that would be good or bad news to a "conservative."

Well, if your "RW" knows of the good news, then tell the motherfucker he can share it with you.

Tell him when he enlists and is there you will celebrate the good news for both of you.

[Cocoa]

3. here's a site

last update May 11...



http://goodnewsfromthefront.com/

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. I saw that one - but it all old stuff. Maybe it hasn't been updated

because there is no good news right now.

[BrotherBuzz]

4. All the schools have been painted....

twice. :shrug:

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Yes, but the teachers have all been shot.

and the students kidnapped.

[BrotherBuzz]

18. Glass half full

you wanted good news, no?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

19. and the roofs and walls strafed with 50 cal bullets. The paint covers

the blood, though, so that's a very good thing!

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. When the trioops we adoted come home

in one piece.

[charlie]

6. Usay and Qusay are still dead

I believe Zarqawi is still dead, too.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. That is a good one. I'll try that one.

[Cocoa]

21. that's actually quite an accomplishment

compare with Chemical Ali, whom we had to kill something like five times.

[leftyladyfrommo]

23. And bin Laden's #2 guy - how many times have we gotten him?

I heard that they got him again last Friday. But then the story just kind of died.

[CrispyQ]

7. My veterinarian's son is in Iraq

& he says that Baghdad is like a demolition zone. He said Americans would whine to no end if they had to live the way the Iraqi's do.

[skipos]

9. I heard from a reliable source that the insurgency is in it's last throes

I also heard that we are being greeted as liberators and the mission has been accomplished.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Cheney and Rumsfeld are NOT good sources.

[skipos]

26. That was a joke! I ain't THAT dumb. nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. I knew it was a joke.

[Cocoa]

10. here's the White House's "Renewal in Iraq" page

last update:

Statement by the Press Secretary on Murder of Four Russian Diplomats in Iraq

[acmejack]

12. Casey plans reductions in troop levels.

Based on Murtha Plan. Joins with Out of Iraq Caucus Democrats i9n supporting Murtha. Good news I'd say. Maxine Waters, had this to say:
snip>
"Two weeks ago House Republicans took to the floor and did everything they could to paint Democrats as unpatriotic, against the troops, and as having adopted a craven, “cut and run” posture on the war in Iraq.

Now we find out not only has the Bush administration already started to draw down troops in Iraq, but they have a plan on the table that is virtually identical to H.J. Res. 73, the Murtha “Over the Horizon” plan-the proposal endorsed by the 72 member “Out of Iraq” Caucus, which I Chair. The plan reportedly being pushed by Gen. Casey is looking to significantly reduce the number of troops in Iraq right before the November elections. Gen. Casey is adamant about allowing military leaders on the ground to determine when to further redeploy U.S. troops. He would keep a rapid-response strike force in the region to quell any flare ups that might threaten our allies or the national security of the U.S. Finally, the plan insists on pursuing diplomatic talks with the new Iraqi government and governments in the region to develop “a practical plan of security implementation.” The Casey plan is virtually identical to Mr. Murtha’s Over the Horizon resolution.

For more than a year, the Out of Iraq Caucus has been advocating the position that the Bush Administration now appears to be embracing with open arms, and we welcome their support."

http://blog.thehill.com/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. Why do you hate America so?

Of course there was good news. Just two weeks ago, our dear Leader dropped in unannounced for a bite and a chat. If we hadn't done so well in Iraq, do you think he could have done that? NO!
Just two weeks ago, we killed T H E N U M B E R 2 M A N in Al Qaida. Just as soon as we let the other terra-ists know, they will sue to make peace. But, we have a plan for that, too. Just as they try to sue for peace, we HIDE ALL THE LAWYERS!

Hahaha ahah ahahaha. Hohohohohohoho!
hahah. Aaaaaaah.

That was a good one, we hide all the law - - - - hey, you aren't laughing. Come on, lighten up! Our Leader was making jokes about Iraq last night. Why can't you see that good side, too?

[uppityperson]

16. Ask that person what the good news is, where to find it.

[leftchick]

17. Here ya go....

way at the bottom of Juan Coles Blog today you find out.... THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN!!! Yah!

http://www.juancole.com/

<snip>

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Civil War Violence Leaves 60 Dead over 100 Wounded
130,000 Displaced in Past 4 Months

Bombings and other civil war violence took the lives of at least 60 Iraqis on Monday. In addition, guerrillas kidnapped 10 Sunni students who were attending a technical institute in Shiite East Baghdad.

In the worst incident, guerrillas detonated a bomb in a crowded market in the Shiite city of Hilla south of Baghdad, killing 30 and wounding 56.

In the village of Khairnabat near Baquba, a troubled city northeast of the capital, a motorcycle bomb in a crowded market killed at least 18 and wounded 30.

Guerrillas used a car bomb in the Amiriyah district of Baghdad to kill 5 Iraqi soldiers.

In Saydiyah, southern Baghdad guerrillas detonated a bomb at a checkpoint, killing 3 police commandos.

<snip>

School enrollment is up over-all in Iraq. This phenomenon is largely a result of the removal of the United States/ United Nations sanctions, which had devastated the Iraqi middle classes, and had actually cause the literacy rate to fall substantially in the 1990s. Tavernise notes, however, that school enrollment has actually fallen in Baghdad, which is about a fourth of the country.

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. Oh man. That's good.

I'll see if I can put it up without totally screwing the whole thing up.

[NoPasaran]

20. There are puppies there!

Sorry, that's the best I can do. Apparently everything else sucks.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. Poor dogs.

If the people there are suffering you can imagine what life is like for the animals.

[mrcheerful]

22. Wounded guardsmen are coming back from Iraq and living high off the hog

from all the military pay and benefits they got while serving in Iraq. According to feepers and bushbots. The ones that are having troubles are the ones who got hooked on drugs while serving in Iraq. I'm waiting to hear how insurgents and terrorists are putting chemicals in the drugs to make american soldiers pacifists.

[Igel]

27. School attendance is up.

Excluding the autonomous Kurdish areas.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060626/NEWS06/606260419/1012

NYT writer, but I couldn't find it on the NYT site.

[leftyladyfrommo]

29. The reason is up is because the sanctions we had on the

middleclass kept it down - before we invaded. I'm not sure that is a very good example of good news.

Oil production is up though.

[Igel]

33. So neutral news would be having school

attendance continue to suck? Or would that be good news?

Enrollment's up; as far as schooling is concerned, the current chaos is less of a hindrance than sanctions. True for few enough things.

The sanctions were bad, and worked out worse than intended by the West; they played their role in Iraqi internal politics handsomely. But they also worked from the West's perspective; remember, 'containment' and all that, how wonderful the MSM said it was? No sanctions, no containment.

On the other hand, things were going downhill in education before '91.

[maxsolomon]

30. Some Sunni Insurgent groups are thinking about negotiating

so sayeth the NYT today.

that's good. if the Sunnis stop their insurgency, that would leave only the shiite militias, ethnic cleansing, morals police, & al queda in iraq to deal with. all of which didn't exist before we invaded.

[obreaslan]

31. 10 cars in Baghdad exploded, but the remaining 50,000 cars didn't...

YAY!!!!! :bounce:

[leftyladyfrommo]

35. I may try that one.

This guy is very caustic and sarcastic - you may have just the right approach there.

He says that I am just panicking over a temporary situation - that good things are happening and in time things will work out.

Funny because I am not really known for my "panicking."

[FSogol]

32. Iraq scored 2 goals to Ghana's 1.

Oops my bad, I thought you said Brazil.
:rofl:

[coalition_unwilling]

34. The Good News: the Iraqi Resistance has fought the world's

most powerful military to a tactical stalemate (thus, a strategic defeat for the U.S.)

The Bad News: 35% of the U.S. still believes we can "win" in Iraq.