Nov. 22: Victory in Iraq Day
ExLg is joining blogger Zombietime in his declaration of Saturday, Nov. 22 as V.I. Day:
By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all enemies in Iraq, pacified the country, deposed the previous regime, successfully helped to establish a new functioning democratic government, and suppressed any lingering insurgencies. The war has come to an end. And we won.Snag the above graphic for your own Web site.
...And since there will never be a ticker-tape parade down Fifth Avenue in New York for our troops, it's up to us, the people, to arrange a virtual ticker-tape parade. An online victory celebration.
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11/19/2008 12:55 PM
Public Secrets wrote:
Since neither President Bush, President-elect Obama, Congress, or the media will do so, it's up to us to acknowledge the obvious: We've won in Iraq. Blogger Zombie of Zombietime has decided that November 22nd shall be known as VI Day.... -
11/22/2008 8:09 AM
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. wrote:
The right fine blog Zombietime urges us to declare that today is Victory in Iraq Day. I can empathize, because it's clear that President Bush isn't going to declare a victory. There's been discussion aplenty around here on the merits of the idea, with yours truly the curmudgeonly hold-out asserting that in this kind of war, it's too early to call it a win. Mind you, I hope you're all correct. But I hold a contrarian (and apparently minority) position.Heh. If it all does go well and we leave cleanly in 2011, with a functional nation of Iraq standing tall, I can't wait to...
Uh, I think Zombie's a she.
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