President Bush spoke to the American people tonight and announced an increase in American troops in Iraq. He announced that another 20,000 troops would go to Baghdad, and another 4,000 would go to Anbar Province.
President Bush is caught between a rock and hard place. Unfortunately President Bush is right that a failure in Iraq is a disaster for the United States. The problem is that everything that President Bush is suggesting is too little too late. If we would have had more manpower and a more effective civil administration two or three years ago maybe it would have worked. But now? After the chaos of the last three years? Does anyone think that 20,000 troops will be enough- 200,000 maybe. Does anyone think that the Shiites, heavily influenced by Iran, on the cusp of victory will suddenly become magnanimous? It’s very hard to contemplate defeat, but is sending more troops in harms way the solution.
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