2007-01-21 16:45:25 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes, he is. He has been advised to.
It is a decision that was made in Tel Aviv.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SjrQklXHxw
2007-01-21 18:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
He is very serious. No matter that the last two surges in 2006 involved about the same number of troops and both times it gave no advantage and didn't help the situation. The success of Bush's plan depends on Maliki, and Maliki has just thumbed his nose at us, once again. Bush tells us on national TV that he has worked up a plan that the Iraqis ae 100% behind. Next thing we know Maliki is stating publicly that's not true and he sees no need to follow an American plan when it is their government. So much for the "plan." It's a last ditch desperate effort but this time around he has set up the situation so he can blame the Iraqis when it doesn't work - and it won't. Hillary Clinton has the right idea. We have to put real demands with real consequences in front of the Iraqis if they do not get control of their "government" and step up to the plate. Those 20,000 soldiers could be better used in Afghanistan, where the Taliban has renewed vigor because terrorist-wanna-bes are streaming to their camps every day. If we're going to fight the war on terror, let's do so! The Iraq War is about politics and religion, and they're going to continue to murder each other until one faction finds a way to rid themselves of the other. It's a mess for which we've now become nothing but well armed policemen. Better to continue the fight we finally found the way to again when we hit the terrorist cells in Somalia.
2007-01-22 01:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Additional troop movements have already begun.
I'm not pleased about it, not expert/psychic enough to know if it will have the desired effect, & share concern about the effect all of the hate mongering will do to OUR country!!
Why aren't Bush's children in the war? That's an easy one!! His daughters did not ENLIST in the ARMED forces, those who chose to serve are to be commended & compensated far better than they are....is THAT an issue you have ever even THOUGHT about?
As a proud American & veteran I said a prayer for the families of the heroes who perished yesterday doing what militaries do.
Military jets & helicopters crash & crews are lost during peacetime too. Does that mean we shouldn't have a military at all? Did you even give a moments thought to THOSE brave men & women committed to our defense? I doubt it......it's not as fashionable & there was noone to blame!!
Police & firefighters die in the line of duty every single day......should we abolish police & fire depts?
Have those among us w no solutions to offer,& only hate & self pity as their contribution ever done anything FOR our country requiring courage or character?
If YOU are not part of the solution, YOU ARE part of the problem.
2007-01-22 06:38:37 · answer #3 · answered by SantaBud 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At the rate our soldiers are getting killed, what choice does he have? He has already told Cheney he expects the recruitment rate to at least equal the death rate.
That's not funny and it wasn't meant to be. Nether is Bush wanting to send more troops over there. Nothing that I can find funny or logical about that either.
2007-01-22 00:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bush is not listening to the American People. ( 70% of Americans are against the Iraq war ) Bush is the worst President we have ever had. Bush will get more and more troops killed so stay tuned. Another Vietnam defeat is coming your way.
2007-01-22 01:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
I would like to know why it is always some one Else's children that must go and fight these unwindable wars why can't Bush send his own children and the same goes for Howard (Australia)
2007-01-22 00:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by Koala 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Has the meaning of war slipped passed you? It doesn't matter who the president is, people are going to die in wars. It happens. If you don't want to die in war then don't join the military. These men are completely aware of the consequences, and I'm not saying it makes it right, but it doesn't mean that we give up. More people die in car accidents, does that mean you stop driving? No, the men and women over there are aware of what could happen, but it didn't stop them from still joining, and that shows character.
2007-01-22 01:46:37 · answer #7 · answered by DnBprincess850 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
These Americans are fighting a war on terror. They are defending you in an effort to keep your rights and freedoms intact.
Last year, 43,443 people were killed on our highways. 996 children were killed from child abuse and mistreatment and every two years, more people are killed in this country by handguns and gang shootings than in the entire Viet Nam War!
I see no questions concerning these deaths. Am I to assume you are anti-war and this is your subtle way of opposing the war on terror?
2007-01-22 02:07:11 · answer #8 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
are you also keeping score on how many Americans were senselessly killed in LA, Oakland, St. Louis, Detroit, and DC this week?
2007-01-22 01:05:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain." - Abraham Lincoln
We must continue to fight and win this war, lest those men have died in vain for a lost cause
2007-01-22 01:03:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋