After four years of fighting in Iraq, the President proposes sending an additional 20,000 troops to secure Baghdad. Just to secure Baghdad and to offer nothing more. How far we have come in this morass. A military victory in Iraq must be out of our reach when the major goal of increased troop numbers is increased security in a single city.
The blame increasingly is laid on the Iraqis. They are said to not be doing enough. They are blamed in every way possible for the failure of the American occupation. No one bothers to look at the destruction and violence brought to Iraq by the American forces. We are hated as invaders by the Iraqi people as a whole. A majority of Iraqis today wish the Americans to leave the country. How can anyone expect support in terms of military involvement when the force to be supported is so despised.
The only solution is military withdrawal. Then and only then can diplomatic efforts be instituted to allow the Iraqi people a chance to resolve their internal problems. With adequate support in rebuilding a damaged infrastructure, peace may at least have a chance. With the continuing occupation the only chance is for increasing violence.
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