Comments on: Victory in Iraq: The Baghdad Metro

By: Baseball Crank

Baseball Crank — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:20:09 +0000

WAR: Anti-U.S. Protest In Iraq…

Peaceful protest. Which says it all, really, about how Iraq has changed since the days of Saddam; the fact that this is Sadr’s people doing what people in democracies do also tells us how far we’ve come in the last……

By: The Irascible Chef » I Smell Napalm…

The Irascible Chef » I Smell Napalm… — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:52 +0000

[...] Iraq, where…ummm…we seem to have achieved a quiet and roundly ignored victory, as demonstrated here, and here, and [...]

By: Victory In Iraq Day, Nov. 22, 2008 « American Truths

Victory In Iraq Day, Nov. 22, 2008 « American Truths — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:45:55 +0000

[...] Ed Morrissey on November 19 points to another kind of benchmark which indicates the war’s end: the fact that the Iraqi government in now engaging in [...]

By: nagee76

nagee76 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:06:27 +0000

Folks,
For all those people who may have a blog or know of blogger friends who support the Iraqi war efforts, here is an awesome idea – celebrate November 22 as VI day – Victory in Iraq day on your blogs

http://www.zombietime.com/vi_day/ (via InstaPundit)

By: Jules Crittenden » War’s Over Indicator No. 52

Jules Crittenden » War’s Over Indicator No. 52 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:12:23 +0000

[...] Air calls it what victory looks like. No kidding. The freedom to dream big. The idea of connecting neighborhood before they’ve [...]

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:04:45 +0000

They can name the Third Rail after Barack.

By: Bush was right. Victorious, too | The Anchoress

Bush was right. Victorious, too | The Anchoress — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:20:23 +0000

[...] seem to have achieved a quiet and roundly ignored victory, as demonstrated here, and here, and [...]

By: ex-Democrat

ex-Democrat — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:14:23 +0000

I know people who still think Iraq is a lost cause. Yes, really.

OneGyT on November 19, 2008 at 12:01 PM

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess they voted for Barry?

By: ex-Democrat

ex-Democrat — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:12:10 +0000

Another mission accomplished.

Love our troops.

Let’s roll.

By: The Ugly American

The Ugly American — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:57:13 +0000

Bet they builid theirs before we Californians get our high speed rail.

By: PresidenToor

PresidenToor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:40:57 +0000

Baghdad is akin to Mexico City in one way, and that is in the number of archeoligical wonders that must be buried beneath the city.

Hopefully the Iraqis take a better stance at preserving these when they happen upon them in digging, than they did in preserving those artifacts already above ground when the war started.

By: Al-Qaida Insults Obama « Trust, But Verify

Al-Qaida Insults Obama « Trust, But Verify — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:32:43 +0000

[...] centers of the middle east in the same vein as Dubai and Abu Dhabi. There has already been much progress in Baghdad metro and it would be a shame to see Al Qaida come in and infect it on the weakness of American foreign [...]

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:27:03 +0000

If there is any justice in the world, one of those stations will be named after George W. Bush and another will be named for David Petraeus. And in fifty years, schoolchildren there will wonder why stations are named after army units, not realizing that they are US Army units.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:28:06 +0000

Looking at local news headlines from Iraq I see stories such as: Iraqi Commercial Bank to offer Master Card, Rail freight service restored from Muthanna to Basra, Iraqis plan to reduce government employment by 75 percent over the next 10 years, 15 hours/day of power expected by June of 2009.

15 hours of power is huge. While during Saddam’s time Baghdad had power 24 hours a day, most of the country had little or none. Often a town would get only a couple of hours of electricity so they could pump enough water for the next day. Many villages got none at all. This 15 hours is 15 hours a day nationally though some towns currently do get more and some less. The rail freight system reopening and consumers getting access to credit cards is another huge development. People no longer would need to carry large amounts of cash around and accounts could be settled at the end of the month.

By: OneGyT

OneGyT — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:01:20 +0000

I know people who still think Iraq is a lost cause. Yes, really.

By: Mallard T. Drake

Mallard T. Drake — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:47:34 +0000

I wonder, has anyone done a compare of the crime rate in Chicago to Baghdad?

tarpon on November 19, 2008 at 8:34 AM

I just read a report yesterday, but I forgot which article. the gist of it was over the three months of summer, there were 125 homicides in Chicago, which was more than military casualties in Iraq of the same period.

By: Dusty

Dusty — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:36:38 +0000

Can you build a subway in SAND? I guess if you can have buildings you an dig a tunnel. Or is that area more solid soil?

[Tony737 on November 19, 2008 at 8:23 AM]

Yeah, it’s no big deal. Even if it is blow sand, just drive sheet piling, excavate, build, and backfill. One could devise a method for tunneling, too.

Anything is possible for engineers, just pay the bills on time.

By: Gotcha

Gotcha — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:22:25 +0000

there’s an excellent article today on Petraeus

dude can do 100 pushups in a minute!

lodge on November 19, 2008 at 8:20 AM

WOW!

I just read that whole article…

Thank God for General Petraeus and the United States Armed Forces.

By: Dusty

Dusty — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:16:45 +0000

“cooped in enclaves amid murder and mayhem.”

“underground rail network that would literally carve a swathe through the city’s sectarian lines”

“the world’s most violent capital”

“lauding its audacity”

Would people quit turning down this hack author wannabe’s book submissions and let him live his life in obscurity, pleeeease!

By: Dritanian

Dritanian — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:03:54 +0000

Bush donated just his legacy, which I feel will be at least partially vindicated by history. A statue in honor of the thousands of American troops who gave their lives is more like it.

amerpundit on November 19, 2008 at 8:21 AM

Well said.

By: Tantor

Tantor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:58:10 +0000

A subway under Baghdad seems made to be a shooting gallery for terrorists.

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:43:53 +0000

They call them “Retro-Active Abortions”, and use explosives. – Tex

One of the best movie lines EVAH!

“So this computer thinks it can defeat its enemy by killing his mother before he’s even born? … Sort of a, retro-active abortion?”

Followed by the next best movie line ever …

“Why didn’t you bring back any ray-guns?”

“Nothing dead will go through.”

“Why not?”

“I DIDN’T BUILD THE F*CKING THING!”

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:39:36 +0000

Iraq was the breadbasket of the middle east. They don’t call it the fertile crescent for nothing. – Kafir

Yup, the two rivers give it that growing quality, but does that also give it the stability to dig tunnels? They sure could use it to alleviate some of that traffic. And yes they have large buildings, and that would seem to prove to a novice that it’d be safe to dig a subway system, but unless you’re an engineer, who really knows? I wish ‘em luck and hope they succeed. Put that oil money to good use!

By: Frozen Tex

Frozen Tex — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:15:41 +0000

Sure sure, the terrorists have been defeated, but:

Can gays get married in Tikrit?

Yes, if an adequate camel-bribe is paid to the authorities. And the happy couple never tells a soul what they’ve done.

Can abortions be done on a Baghdad sidewalk?

They call them “Retro-Active Abortions”, and use explosives.

Do transgendered interpretive-dance professors have the right to hold nude parades through Anbar province?

Yes, and they’re really something to see, especially in a sandstorm. Ever dance nude in a sandstorm? Very bracing.

NO! We won….but have we really won?

Yup.

Bishop on November 19, 2008 at 8:47 AM

I kid, of course.

By: Kermit

Kermit — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:09:08 +0000

I’d have rather lived in Baghdad during the worst of times than New Orleans. Just like in New Orleans I’d rather be they fellow that the drive by shooters are aiming at rather than the bystanders.