Progress in Iraq?
A new report was out today, showing that Iraq has “satisfactorily met” 8 of the benchmarks put forth by the United States. It also showed that Iraq did not “satisfactorily meet” 8 of the benchmarks put forth, and 2 of the bench marks had mixed progress. So what does this mean? It means that we are not begin as successful as we should be, and it also shows that the troop surge isn’t the right answer to a diplomatic problem.
So what do we do from here? In my opinion, I think we should wait. Wait until September when the top General in Iraq reports on the surge to Congress, and then at that point, when the troop surge is failed, Congress pressures (or legislates) the gradual removal of U.S. combat troops along with a new plan for diplomacy. I disapprove of what Congress is currently doing – attempting to inject amendments into spending bills so that troops could be removed. The president will veto them, and apart from that, it is a waste of time and I think it would be semi-premature to do so. I am with the other 70% of the population in opposing the war, but I think we should wait until September to decide what the next step is. And ultimately, it is the president who has the power to direct wars, not the American people, and not congress, so in reality this post is irrelevant, but it is my opinion nonetheless.
Tdec
www.smashedpolitics.com
Couldn’t agree more. You know Bush gave each soldier a bottle of water every 8 days. We went into the war very prematurely and so far have screwed up Iraq royally. If we want peace try stopping the Sunni and the Shii from massacreing each other and then MAYBE we’ll get some where