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2007-09-04 Iraq

Bush, in Iraq, Sees Possible Reduction in Troop Levels

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Posted by Steve White 2007-09-04 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Someone get congress a "jump to conclusion" mat so I can persue regular employment within this country. Lest I engage on wack a democratic mole every day. Someone pay these idiots to stay on vacation so I can just be a regular guy again, please.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-09-04 00:39|| 2007-09-04 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Though Mr. Bush never left the confines of the air base on his six-hour visit, he declared: I have come here today to see with our own eyes the remarkable changes that are taking place in Anbar Province.

I get it. The writer can't understand how Bush sees progress from inside the building. Clever!

So W is finally coming over to the Democrapic position, eh?

Like saying on August 16, 1945 that there'd be a troop drawdown in the Western Pacific in the near future...

Posted by Bobby 2007-09-04 08:45|| 2007-09-04 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Its amazing how may Donks don't understand the concept of "surge". For your assistance -

surge

Pronunciation: (sÃ»rj), [key]
ân., v., surged, surgâ¢ing.

ân.
1. a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
2. a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke.
3. the rolling swell of the sea.
4. the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast.
5. a swelling wave; billow.
6. Meteorol.
a. a widespread change in atmospheric pressure that is in addition to cyclonic and normal diurnal changes.
b. See storm surge.
7. Elect.
a. a sudden rush or burst of current or voltage.
b. a violent oscillatory disturbance.
8. Naut.a slackening or slipping back, as of a rope or cable.
9. Mach.
a. an uneven flow and strong momentum given to a fluid, as water in a tank, resulting in a rapid, temporary rise in pressure.
b. pulsating unevenness of motion in an engine or gas turbine.

âv.i.
1. (of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves: to surge at anchor.
2. to rise, roll, move, or swell forward in or like waves: The sea surged against the shore. The crowd surged back and forth.
3. to rise as if by a heaving or swelling force: Blood surged to his face.
4. Elect.
a. to increase suddenly, as current or voltage.
b. to oscillate violently.
5. Naut.
a. to slack off or loosen a rope or cable around a capstan or windlass.
b. to slip back, as a rope.
6. Mach.to move with pulsating unevenness, as something driven by an engine or gas turbine.

Someone point out where it is implied that it is something that continues to constantly increase without a subsequent corresponding decrease?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-09-04 08:51|| 2007-09-04 08:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks for the vocabulary lesson. Just so we can say the US is reducing troop levels before Iraq is as peaceful as Finland, which means the US has failed again, just like Vietnam. I can see the helicopters landing on the roof now....

Posted by Assoc. Press Clown 2007-09-04 11:13|| 2007-09-04 11:13|| Front Page Top

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