Deadly Attack

U.S. Suffers Deadliest Iraq Attack, 22 Killed

Highlights from the Incident are as follows

IN MOSUL IRAQ--- A guerrilla attack on a dining tent at a U.S. base in Iraq killed 19 U.S. soldiers and three other people on Tuesday in the deadliest strike on U.S. forces since last year's invasion. U.S. officials initially said a number of rocket and mortar rounds were fired at the base in the northern city of Mosul, but a militant group claimed one of its suicide bombers was behind the attack, in which 57 people were wounded. It's possible that this was a suicide bombing.

Mr President had this to say:

"I want to thank the soldiers who are there, thank those who have sacrificed (in Mosul)," said President Bush, who warned on Monday guerrilla bombers were taking a toll.

"I know a free Iraq will lead to a more peaceful world," said Bush, who paid a Christmas visit to families of some of the 10,000 U.S. wounded in Iraq as a new poll showed most Americans now believed the war was not worth fighting.

This article was found on reuters.com.


OPINION

War will always have a price to pay. Blood will be shed. Money will be wasted or spent. You cannot avoid that. After it is over though, you look over to see if it was worth it or not. And you reevaluate your tactics and your decision to better handle situations in the future. So far, Iraq was a success because we removed the man in charge. But it's also a successful failure (*much like a catastrophic success). If elections do not pull through and happen effectively, America will pay dearly for being unable to see to it that elections succeed. Therefore, if we cannot secure and keep insurgency down prior to the election, the future may not be bright for American warfare in the Middle East.