Can More US Troops Save Iraq?
That's what George W. Bush wants you to believe.
Your thoughts please. (I've included a few of mine)
Will the Democrats oppose the so called "serge?"
Unlikely, since most of them don't even know they have that power. Newly elected Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS) said she would support funding for 20,000-40,000 more troops in Iraq because President Bush “is the commander in chief. …We don’t get that choice. Congress doesn’t make that decision.”
Do the Democrats even understand why the were elected and are taking control of the US Congress after 12 years as a minority? Do they care?
Democrat Harry Reid, elected Majority Leader of the Senate, would like you to believe so, saying “Last November, the voters sent us a message—Democrats and Republicans,” Reid declared. “The voters are upset with Congress and the partisan gridlock. The voters want a government that focuses on their needs. The voters want change. Together, we must deliver that change.”
Nancy Pelosi, elected Speaker of the House, noted that antiwar sentiment was the driving force behind the Democrats’ election victory on November 7 in her speech accepting her election as Speaker, saying “Nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a new direction than in Iraq. The American people rejected an open-ended obligation to a war without end.”
But in her acceptance speech, Pelosi repeated the call for a “responsible redeployment” of US troops in Iraq. The congressional Democratic leadership has made it clear that there will be no official Democratic Party proposal on the Iraq war until after Bush’s nationally televised speech. This is because while the vast majority of Democratic voters want a rapid withdrawal from Iraq, the vast majority of Democratic congressmen and senators agree with the White House that a withdrawal would represent defeat.
The Democrats are united with Bush on the most fundamental issues—the war in Iraq, the attack on democratic rights at home, the maintenance of economic and tax policies that benefit only the super-rich.
Will Increasing the number of combat troops in Iraq win the war, or is their presence more likely to not be welcomed by the Iraqi people and create even greater support for the insurgency among the population?
That's what George W. Bush wants you to believe.
Your thoughts please. (I've included a few of mine)
Will the Democrats oppose the so called "serge?"
Unlikely, since most of them don't even know they have that power. Newly elected Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS) said she would support funding for 20,000-40,000 more troops in Iraq because President Bush “is the commander in chief. …We don’t get that choice. Congress doesn’t make that decision.”
Do the Democrats even understand why the were elected and are taking control of the US Congress after 12 years as a minority? Do they care?
Democrat Harry Reid, elected Majority Leader of the Senate, would like you to believe so, saying “Last November, the voters sent us a message—Democrats and Republicans,” Reid declared. “The voters are upset with Congress and the partisan gridlock. The voters want a government that focuses on their needs. The voters want change. Together, we must deliver that change.”
Nancy Pelosi, elected Speaker of the House, noted that antiwar sentiment was the driving force behind the Democrats’ election victory on November 7 in her speech accepting her election as Speaker, saying “Nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a new direction than in Iraq. The American people rejected an open-ended obligation to a war without end.”
But in her acceptance speech, Pelosi repeated the call for a “responsible redeployment” of US troops in Iraq. The congressional Democratic leadership has made it clear that there will be no official Democratic Party proposal on the Iraq war until after Bush’s nationally televised speech. This is because while the vast majority of Democratic voters want a rapid withdrawal from Iraq, the vast majority of Democratic congressmen and senators agree with the White House that a withdrawal would represent defeat.
The Democrats are united with Bush on the most fundamental issues—the war in Iraq, the attack on democratic rights at home, the maintenance of economic and tax policies that benefit only the super-rich.
Will Increasing the number of combat troops in Iraq win the war, or is their presence more likely to not be welcomed by the Iraqi people and create even greater support for the insurgency among the population?
