Another Decade in Iraq?????

General David Petraeus, the commanding officer of American forces in Iraq, is now suggesting American forces will be needed in Iraq for at least a decade for continued counter-unsurgency activity. How many Americans can we expect to lost during that time? The first four years saw losses of more than 800 per year. Are we, the American people, expected to give up another 8000 soldiers to hold a position in Iraq?

Why can our government leaders see the fallacy of continuing the occupation of Iraq. By almost any measure the occupation is failing. What must happen to bring new resolve and a different course? When will our troops be withdrawn once and for all? When will the politicians in Washington begin to listen to the will of the American people and end the fiasco that continues to be Iraq? Another decade? Let us all hope not.