3 certainties of escalating the U.S. war in Iraq

Many right wingnuts have accused anti-war folk of "celebrating" U.S. military deaths in Iraq. They claimed that anti-war folk "rejoiced" when U.S. deaths hit 100, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, and now 3000. This is my answer to those wingnut dickheads.

It's time for you wingnuts to move that bar to 5,000 or 10,000 U.S. military deaths from the U.S. war in Iraq. We will reach those "milestones" (to use George W. Bush's parlance) all too soon.

According to GlobalSecurity.org (I think that is John Pike's outfit) the number of U.S. military fatalities from the war in Iraq has already passed 3000. As of 1:06 pm EST on Saturday 30 December 2006 they have the number at 3002

U.S. Military Casualties in Iraq

There is no "celebration" of any kind at my house or among my friends or acquaintances. There is only sadness that this war is about to be escalated by George W. Bush at the behest of the neocons at the American Enterprise Institute (Fred Kagan, Jack Keane, and others) and by Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, and other right wing hawks.

Three things are certain. First, it is certain that the U.S. death toll will far exceed 3000. Second, it is certain that the fiscal cost of this war will far exceed $500 billion. It will cost God knows how many lives and perhaps more than $2 trillion, and there is no end in sight. Bumping U.S. troops strength in Iraq by 17,000 to 20,000 or even 30,000 or 50,000 additional U.S. troops won't make a bit of difference in the long run. Third, it is certain that United States will eventually and inevitably be militarily and politically defeated on the battlefield of Iraq. The only thing that United States will have to show for the effort is lots of American blood spilled in vain and lots of red ink.