Yellow Dog

If winning means soaring to new record highs in the number of deaths, destruction, and dollars spent in Iraq, then, yes, we are winning. It still astounds me when I see polls where Republicans cling to their support of the Iraq War, despite the facts, including two reports today--one that civilian deaths in Iraq are at an all-time high as Iraq slides to civil war and the other that Congress just approved another $70 billion for military operations in Iraq.

Nearly 7,000 civilians were killed in Iraq in the past two months, according to a UN report just released - a record high that is far greater than initial estimates had suggested. As American generals in Baghdad warned that the violence could worsen in the run up to Ramadan next Monday, the UN spoke of a "grave sectarian crisis" gripping the country.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Civilian deaths soar to record high in Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House-Senate negotiators Thursday approved a new $70 billion infusion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as they wrapped up talks on a $447 billion Pentagon funding bill.

The additional war funds would bring the total approved by Congress for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001, to more than $500 billion, with another installment likely to come next spring.

How devoid of critical thinking skills and rational thought must you have to be to want to "stay the course" in Iraq?