2007-08-24 11:47:18 · 6 answers · asked by rooster 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Troop Surge -- March, 2007. Dems won Congress -- Nov. 2006. Dems win White House -- Nov. 2008.
2007-08-24 11:52:05 · answer #1 · answered by LittleWolf 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
After the election, and before they took office. That doesn't really make much of a difference however, because the President of the United States is Commander in Chief, and doesn't need Congressional approval for troop movements.
2007-08-24 18:56:48 · answer #2 · answered by Beardog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
After.
2007-08-24 18:51:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
US Vice-President Dick Cheney has insisted that the recent increase of US troops in Iraq, or "surge", has improved security there. Mr Cheney said he expected the report compiled by the US military commander in Iraq, David Petraeus, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker to be positive.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) On Iraq Visit: ‘Surge Is A Failure,’ Warns There Is ‘Major PR Effort Going On’
Schakowsky said plainly, “I believe overall the surge is a failure. Why’s that? Because the purpose was to reduce violence to create a safer environment, to create the space for political reconciliation. And Iraq is as far from that as it’s ever been. … It’s clear to me we cannot win someone else’s religious civil war.”
During one of the days she was in Iraq, Schakowsky said four soldiers were killed in the Diyala province, a British soldier was killed in Baghdad, 33 Iraqis were killed in Tal Afar in a residential neighborhood by a truck bomb, six street cleaners were killed by an IED in Baghdad, two people were killed on a minibus, and 17 bodies found killed by death squads.
“It’s so clear to me that our focus is on the wrong battlefield,” Schakowsky said. “And my experience in the region has convinced me more than ever that we must set a deadline to withdraw our troops from the religious and tribal civil war that’s going on in Iraq.”
2007-08-24 19:02:22 · answer #4 · answered by Ellie A 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you buy into propaganda like "the surge" you are easily persuaded and a FOX lover...watch some real news...
2007-08-24 18:57:12 · answer #5 · answered by Jeb R 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Dems win white house when it snows in Orange County
(20 yrs thanks to Al Gore)
2007-08-24 18:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Full Metal Jackson 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋