Attacks Against US Troops UP 29% In 2005! I Think The US is Losing.

[leftchick]

and these guys seem to think so too. It is a lost cause repukes(and some "Dems") BRING THEM HOME!!!!

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/IraqCoverage/story?id=1618847&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2006 — The U.S. military is aggressively capturing and killing Iraqi insurgents and seizing their territory, yet the insurgency continues to wreak untold havoc. According to one analysis, attacks on U.S. soldiers and Iraqi government forces last year increased 29 percent, and recruitment of new insurgents does not appear to be a problem.

Officials at the International Crisis Group, an independent conflict-resolution organization, think they know why. They say it is the power of the insurgents' message — and the skill with which they're delivering their propaganda on the Internet.

"In this battle for hearts and minds, they have found a constituency. The insurgency has found a constituency it's able to talk to," said Rob Malley, director of the Crisis Group's Middle East/North Africa Program.

The ICG will release a report on Wednesday called "In Their Own Words: Reading the Iraqi Insurgency." It is, the group believes, the first comprehensive look at the way the insurgency uses the Internet and information the group says we ignore at our own peril.

"What the insurgency is about is not a mystery," said Malley. "It's not a puzzle. They're not hiding it. They're broadcasting it. Let's try to understand it politically, rather than simply have own preconceptions and dismiss it as propaganda."

[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. One thing's for sure

We're losing.

I don't think there's a real winner in this "war", however. :cry:

[muntrv]

2. The insurgency

is home grown, contrary to the bushies assertions of foreign fighters.

[leftchick]

3. yes indeed and

welcome to DU!

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