Surge working - not so much
As days have gone by without any atrocities in Iraq, the right wing pundits believe that liberals are now in trouble. They see, just as Hazel and Gretel saw the Gingerbread house about 30 minutes after they were into the mushrooms (very old George Carlin joke), the country swinging back to the Republicans. Well, they can see what they want.
I have stated for some time that American troops are the best in the world. We can control any space if given the resources. The purpose of the Surge was to suppress the violence and allow the government to solve some of the deep political problems that they have. Well, we have held up our end of the bargain, the Iraq politicians have not.
Congressman Jack Murtha who just returned from Iraq seems to agree with my thoughts. Here’s his released statement.
There isn’t any logical basis for believing that the violence in Iraq actually is going down. The sources for this claim are the Pentagon (acting under Bush administration orders) and the puppet regime in Iraq. Neither has any credibility.
The corporate media and the politicians lied to us repeatedly to get us into the war. We should be more skeptical of their claims now.
Agree that both governments and the media lie like it is their major. I would ask you to consider a couple of reasons that violence maybe decreasing.
1. Ethnic cleansing in neighborhoods.
2. Massive numbers of people have left the country. Those that haven’t left either haven’t been threated or they are being protected by a local miltia. (or they are too poor and don’t have the resources to leave.)
Decreased violence doesn’t mean that the Bush plan has worked but it hasn’t.
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