Iraq: He said, He said
Here’s the bottom-line in Iraq - Are Iraqi refugees returning in large numbers? If the violence in Iraq has been squashed then the refugees who are in Jordan, Syria and Turkey will return. They aren’t wanted where they are. So, as Bush and the Neocons argue that the Surge is working and Hillary, Biden and Obama argue that the Iraqi government hasn’t really done anything, just listen for a story on returning refugees. If you don’t hear one, there is a reason for that. Safety hasn’t significantly improved in Iraq.
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From MSNBC.com:
President Bush’s war strategy is failing and the top military commander in Iraq is “dead flat wrong” for warning against major changes, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.
Ahead of two days of crucial testimony by Bush’s leading military and political advisers on Iraq, Sen. Joseph Biden indicated that he and other Democrats would persist in efforts to set target dates for bringing troops home. (more…)
