the news is WORSE each and every day

we're falling further and further into the well and guess what? THERE IS NO LASSIE TO SAVE US

timmy ain't EVER getting out of that well

the king gives a speech yesterday where he says THERE IS PROGRESS BEING MADE. yet, each and EVERY story EVEN THE ONES COMING OUT OF CONSERVATIVE SOURCES says that is NOT true

how long are the democrats and republicans (this INSANITY is FAR BEYOND party lines now) going to allow the king to continue on living in his fantasy world? it would be ONE THING if there were no lives at stake. THERE ARE

HE MUST BE BOOTED OUT OF OFFICE AND I MEAN NOW
(remember NOT ONE BENCHMARK HAS BEEN MET - but the king says we are making progress. THAT IS INSANITY)


Iraqi Military's Readiness Slips
Report Says That Since January, Fewer Units Can Operate Independently


By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, July 13, 2007; Page A04
Despite stepped-up training, the readiness of the Iraqi military to operate independently of U.S. forces has decreased since President Bush's new strategy was launched in January, according to the White House progress report released yesterday.
Combat losses, a dearth of officers and senior enlisted personnel, and an Iraqi army that has expanded faster than the equipment available for it have resulted in a "slight reduction" in the number of units designated at Level 1 status, or "capable of independent operations," the report said.......

and i thought there were problems caring for OUR wounded

(and of course there are problems caring for our wounded) but NOTHING like the care of wounded iraqi military.

military hospitals are now non-existant (they DID have them BEFORE we invaded the country). the wounded must pay for their own care (if any). doctors and other medical professionals are leaving the country at alarming rates (i just read somewhere - not in this article- how medical licenses are now being held by the government so doctors CANNOT leave).

sad sad sad conditions for all. us and them

For Iraqi Soldiers, A Medical Morass
Lack of Facilities Leaves Wounded To Seek Own Care


By Karin Brulliard Washington Post Staff Writer

BAGHDAD -- Mohammed Mizher Massen was a different man on the morning of Feb. 21. His muscles filled out his Iraqi army uniform. His posture radiated the confidence of a soldier who had helped capture insurgents. And his heart swelled: In a few hours, after his unit finished its shift guarding a Baghdad construction project, he was going to propose to his girlfriend.
Then the bomb in a cooking oil can on the roadside blew up, shredding his left leg and marking him with a constellation of shrapnel.
Now 1st Sgt. Massen, 22, is a one-legged man whose brothers carry him from his bed, where he has dreams of loud explosions, to his computer, where he researches prosthetic legs. He spends his $460 monthly soldier's salary on the $3,400 in medical expenses that he has accrued..............