Bush’s new plan to increase the size of active Army and Marine Corps by 92,000 in the next five years has fallen under great criticism from democrats and republicans alike. Bush claims he decided on this plan because it “Provides the best chance for success.” But, according to many strategists including former secretary of defense Colin Powell, “A temporary U.S. troop surge probably would not help.” So the question is, if congress chooses to fund Bush’s plan and it fails like his previous plans have then would that not lead to a far worse failure? To quote Bush’s state of the union speech, “ Many in this chamber understand that America must not fail in Iraq, because you understand that the consequences of failure would be grievous and far-reaching.” It seems to me that failure after adding an additional 20,000 troops would be more “grievous and far-reaching” than pulling out as soon as possible. Thoughts please!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070123-2.html
http://www.democrats.org/a/2007/01/dean_responds_t_2.php
2007-01-24
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