The months of April, May, and June this year have been especially deadly in Iraq. On average more than three Americans died on each day in those months. In just two days this week 14 Americans died. All in the name of progress according to the administration. Even the fabled Green Zone is coming under increasing numbers of mortar attacks. The single most protected zone in the entire country can no longer be counted upon to be a safe place for American diplomats and workers.
How much farther must this situation deteriorate before our government begins to recognize the failure. “Progress is being made” is the continuing slogan of the Bush administration and yet the facts belie the words. When will America awaken and demand truth for a change in place of fine words with no substance? We have lost too many children and spent too much money. The time to withdraw from Iraq is now. We as a country cannot afford to spend more lives and more dollars in this failing cause.
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