04.21.09
Leaving Iraq
Pull Out of Iraq This Year
By GEORGE McGOVERN
President Obama holds my admiration with high hopes for his message of change in Washington. It is puzzling, however, that he has adopted most of the previous administration’s formula for dragging out the withdrawal of our troops from the mistaken war in Iraq for nearly three more years. Very little “change” here.
Three years ago, public opinion polls indicated that a majority of Americans believed our policymakers were wrong in ordering troops into Iraq. It is widely accepted that this sentiment more than any other factor in the 2006 congressional elections resulted in Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate.
Are we now going to ignore for another three years the public mandate of 2006 against this costly, preemptive war based on deceit? And how can we justify putting thousands more U.S. troops into Afghanistan? We have already exhausted our treasury. We are also close to exhausting our soldiers.
James said,
April 21, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Granted, the Bush era was horrible, but this Obama worship is getting a bit tiresome. I was in DC last week and I couldn’t help but notice how the city has been turned into a temple for cultic worship. Who gives a f*ck what kind of dog he is getting? Americans need to stop falling for empty slogans and polished images to discern whether their leaders possess any semblance of political substance.