From AP today:
Four days of sectarian slaughter killed at least 91 people by Monday in Balad, a town near a major U.S. air base an hour's drive north of the capital. Elsewhere, 60 Iraqis died in attacks and 16 tortured bodies were found.
The U.S. command said seven American troops died in fighting a day earlier. That raised the U.S. toll to 58 killed in the first two weeks of October, a pace that if continued would make the month the worst for coalition forces since 107 U.S. and 10 British soldiers died in January 2005.
Iraqi deaths also are running at a high rate. According to an Associated Press count, 708 Iraqis have been reported killed in war-related violence this month, or just over 44 a day, compared to a daily average of more than 27 since the AP began tracking deaths in April 2005.
How can we find a 'stay the course' strategy acceptable?
In addition to Pollack (see the post below) the word is that former Sec. of State James Baker (served under the current President's father) will be coming forward with a report soon calling for a change of course. We'll see what the details of that are when it is released. This advance 'word' of what the report may contain could well be to mute it's impact upon release.
Perhaps the 'wisdom' in Washington is beginning to shift- shift enough to end the current misadventure sooner rather than later.
GP
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