Almost all democrats, and most republicans in Congress do not.
2007-01-08 08:41:55 · 24 answers · asked by Careless Leaders Suck! 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Nor do the former Commander and Deputy Commander in Iraq. Nor do I.
2007-01-08 08:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by toff 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Yeah they should actually fire up the B52's and start flattening Anbar province and the the areas that have the Mahdi Army holed up in.
And while they are at it, they should spread the so-called 'insurgency' into neighboring countries--Iran and Syria.
Get a great big conflagration going--so we'll actually all have to sacrifice and pay $8 a gallon for gasoline for a while. Quite probably lose 250,000 + brave men and women in the process. You can't defeat crazed fanaticism by playing patty-cake politics with it. You have to crush it like we did to the Japanese Empire of WW2. There is no other way--there is no partial war. You can't negotiate with religious fanatics who want you dead.
Either that, or we pay $8 a gallon gasoline forever and fund our own enemies efforts against us.
edit--we've been fighting this war with just the bare minimum of effort--we haven't done anything there! They've been pussy footing around there because of petty politics here since the start.
edit--you democrats wanted this war since 1998--so now you have some power back and if you pull out of there the consequences will be heaped upon you forever.
2007-01-08 12:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by Mr_B 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'll wait to hear Bush's rationale when he presents the strategy on Wednesday.
But my early impression from the preliminary reports about his plan is that there's not significant change in what he's proposing: no real pressure placed on Iraqi officials to get their own armed forces in shape, a simple continuance of Iraqi dependence on American military to bring stability to the region (fat chance of that happening.) The policy so far has been all carrot and no stick, but I look forward to Wednesday's speech, in which I hope Bush conveys a more calculated approach about how U.S. forces will have a strategy for bringing the troops out of the region on *our* terms, and how the Iraqi government will take over their own security and infrastructure operations by a date certain.
2007-01-08 08:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by Dave of the Hill People 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I do just because at this point I think options are limited. If we pull out then we leave Iraq in a bad state and they could easily lose control without the needed manpower. If we stay where we are at now, our troops are suffering because they are in need of additional help themselves. When troops don't have what they need, they are actually more in danger because they have no one to cover their back and they get fatigue from doing the job of 3. So putting more troops there I hope will turn out to be a good choice.
2007-01-08 08:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by 2007 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I do if some conditions are met..
1 They must have a set time limit before they leave...for example we will send 8000 troops for a period of 6 months...or whatever
2. They must have a specific task.....and not just get thrown into the mix.
If they had these I would agree...but do not just throw more in without knowing what they are going to do once they get there.
2007-01-08 08:46:15 · answer #5 · answered by yetti 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No David all the generals don't that's why George is replacing them.
No to the answer, but he's the chief, he'll just get a few hundred more young people killed off. But he and head draft dodger Dick will tell their cronies what a great job they're doing.
2007-01-08 08:50:23 · answer #6 · answered by madjer21755 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I do. I hope it works. I can't see any better strategy. Seeing as how civilians and insurgents basically appear the same, we can only increase the number of troops and hope to catch them, or go home.
2007-01-08 08:43:31 · answer #7 · answered by Pfo 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Don't you think that you should wait till he anounces the strategy before bashing it? Oh, I forgot, facts don't count.
Have you polled Congress on their opinions on a strategy that they haven't seen yet? I'll bet you got some interesting reesponses if you did.
2007-01-08 08:55:24 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Hell NO BS and i am pro draft 18-40 year olds build-up our military to 5 million strong! Stop any & all immigration kick out the illegals with their treasonous Employers! Start http://www.usbig.net/ For the legal Americans who have been dienfranchised!
2007-01-08 08:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by bulabate 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The troop surge strategy is one that was form by the democratic runned committee that wqas to advise Bush, what he is apoting to do is what the Dems wanted...now they don't?
2007-01-08 08:44:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
No, 15,000 or 20,000 more troops now is too little, too late to make a difference.
2007-01-08 09:49:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋