According to United Nations estimates more than 100 Iraqi citizens have been killed every day since the bombing of a Shiite shrine in February. The violence is the direct result of sectarian reactions and tit for tat killing of members of one sect by the other. During the same time period the US military averages more than 2 deaths per day. The violence is apparently escalating in all venues over the course of time.
Just how much longer are we, the American people, willing to allow this senseless violence to continue. Given the failure of the American military to stop the continuing sectarian violence the reasonable step seems to be to bring them home before any more die. Staying the course for the past few years has led to more American deaths without any obvious increase in security in either the US or in Iraq. We must bring our troops home and bring them home now. Tomorrow may be too late for a few more young Americans who do not deserve to die.
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