Rice says Bush’s plan needs more time

 

Rice is once again being vocal about George Bush’s policy in Iraq. She obviously supports the president, and he is using her to be more vocal about the war and how its going well. Although I do not support the war by any means, I will respect the President’s decision to wait until September before any other direction is considered only because I don’t think it is moral to start pulling out so abruptly. Some progress was made thus far, and I think we should wait it out to see what happens. Based on the reports yesterday, the surge is working in some areas (mainly the military areas), but the root of the the problem is not being addressed sufficiently, which is my major problem with the surge strategy. What the Bush Administration is doing is trying to stop the repercussions of the problem rather then tackle the root of the issue – which is a diplomatic and political problem. Many religious groups reside within the country (Sunnis, Shia, Kurds, etc.) and they continue to kill each other, and countries in the region are not helping (Iran, Pakistan, etc.), which may in part be because of the United States’ tarnished relations because of our invasion in the first place.

Yesterday the House passed an amendment that would begin the withdrawal of troops, I strongly disagree with that as I think Congress should actually get stuff done as opposed to arguing over something that wont happen in the immediate future (troop withdrawal). Until Congress gets a 2/3 majority in both houses, nothing will happen.

Come September, when the troop surge doesn’t show solid results, the withdrawal will be appropriate to lobby for.

Tdec

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~ by tdec09 on July 13, 2007.