The Tail Wags The Dog
Dear editor:
I have been opposed to the Bush/Cheney/Rove/Rumsfeld un-called for Iraq War from the very beginning. After hearing promises during the presidential campaign that the bleeding of American troop lives (over 4,200) and the spending of hundreds of billions of American taxpayers’ dollars would come to an end, we seem possibly to be heading in the wrong direction. President Obama announced that we would withdraw all of our forces from Iraq’s major cities by June 30, 2009, all combat troops by September 2010 and all remaining forces by the end of 2011. This confirmed the deadline agreement negotiated by President Bush with the Iraqi Prime Minister.
Now comes Gen. Raymond Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, stating that the decision on withdrawing American forces from Iraq’s major cities by the June 30 deadline will be made by Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He stated “we will continue to conduct assessments along with the government of Iraq as we move forward (to) the June 30th deadline. If we believe that we'll need troops to maintain a presence in some of the cities, we'll recommend that, but, ultimately, it will be the decision of Prime Minister Maliki."
Isn’t that wonderful? The leader of another country will make the decision as to how much more money we will spend and how many more American lives will be at risk. We previously were told that the money saved from ending our part in that conflict would help to pay for the recession that we are having to pay for now. And how many more of our troops will have to die in the Iraq civil war?
It is time for President Obama, who I support, to step up and reclaim control of our troops. Let’s face it; our generals (not the regular troops) are not in any rush. After all, what is there for them to do without a good war to fight?
I have been opposed to the Bush/Cheney/Rove/Rumsfeld un-called for Iraq War from the very beginning. After hearing promises during the presidential campaign that the bleeding of American troop lives (over 4,200) and the spending of hundreds of billions of American taxpayers’ dollars would come to an end, we seem possibly to be heading in the wrong direction. President Obama announced that we would withdraw all of our forces from Iraq’s major cities by June 30, 2009, all combat troops by September 2010 and all remaining forces by the end of 2011. This confirmed the deadline agreement negotiated by President Bush with the Iraqi Prime Minister.
Now comes Gen. Raymond Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, stating that the decision on withdrawing American forces from Iraq’s major cities by the June 30 deadline will be made by Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He stated “we will continue to conduct assessments along with the government of Iraq as we move forward (to) the June 30th deadline. If we believe that we'll need troops to maintain a presence in some of the cities, we'll recommend that, but, ultimately, it will be the decision of Prime Minister Maliki."
Isn’t that wonderful? The leader of another country will make the decision as to how much more money we will spend and how many more American lives will be at risk. We previously were told that the money saved from ending our part in that conflict would help to pay for the recession that we are having to pay for now. And how many more of our troops will have to die in the Iraq civil war?
It is time for President Obama, who I support, to step up and reclaim control of our troops. Let’s face it; our generals (not the regular troops) are not in any rush. After all, what is there for them to do without a good war to fight?
posted by Sam Schoolsky | 8:59 PM
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