On a recent world tour Vice-President Cheney championed the Iraq War as a “remarkable achievement.” Such positive talk flies in the face of the facts on the ground. Americans and Iraqis are dying daily. Children are not being allowed to attend school in those places where schools even exist. Power shortages and outages are a daily affair. Gasoline shortages are common. Oil production is down compared to pre-invasion times. Yes, the achievement is remarkable if one considers abject failure the goal.
There is no military solution to be had in Iraq. The facts of the invasion show only a failing course. We must bring our troops home and the sooner the better. The longer we continue to occupy Iraq the higher will be the costs. We as a country should no longer support this level “achievement.”
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