Good-bye and Good Luck
Republican Senator Chuck Hagel has joined fellow Vietnam combat veterans John Kerry and Congressman John Murtha in calling for redeployment.
Over a year ago, Rep. Murtha insisted that we needed to redeploy as soon as practicable. Since that time, a thousand brave Americans have been killed. A year ago, about 50 percent of the public supported his position. Today, 60 percent support Murtha’s position and their voices were heard on election day. We must find a way to redeploy the troops and it’s best done sooner than later, because it’s not going to get any better.
The Baker commission says we should change the policy from stay course to redeployment. However, the problem is the commission say it depends on the circumstances on the ground, which is not any different than what Bush has said all along. Essentially, that's the same thing as stay the course. The only solution is to reduce our presence and give the Iraqis the incentive to take over themselves. In the end we're going to have to leave Iraq and public opinion polls show that Iraqis want to take over.
Henry Kissinger came out with a similar plan for Vietnam in the 1960s and four years later, when we finally got all of our troops out, we had lost an additional 20,000 Americans. Nixon began a token withdrawal in June of 1969, but the withdrawal of combat troops wasn’t completed until March of 1973.
The Pentagon claimed we needed to train 300,000 Iraqis, but now, they’re calling for an additional 100,000 trained Iraqis. Americans spoke on election day and it’s time to do what's best for our country.
We created the chaos by invading Iraq and thus became bin Ladens only indispensable ally. We're going to have less terrorism if we redeploy our troops, as quickly as possible. We need to tell them that we have given them an opportunity for democracy and now it’s up to you. Good-bye and Good Luck.
Over a year ago, Rep. Murtha insisted that we needed to redeploy as soon as practicable. Since that time, a thousand brave Americans have been killed. A year ago, about 50 percent of the public supported his position. Today, 60 percent support Murtha’s position and their voices were heard on election day. We must find a way to redeploy the troops and it’s best done sooner than later, because it’s not going to get any better.
The Baker commission says we should change the policy from stay course to redeployment. However, the problem is the commission say it depends on the circumstances on the ground, which is not any different than what Bush has said all along. Essentially, that's the same thing as stay the course. The only solution is to reduce our presence and give the Iraqis the incentive to take over themselves. In the end we're going to have to leave Iraq and public opinion polls show that Iraqis want to take over.
Henry Kissinger came out with a similar plan for Vietnam in the 1960s and four years later, when we finally got all of our troops out, we had lost an additional 20,000 Americans. Nixon began a token withdrawal in June of 1969, but the withdrawal of combat troops wasn’t completed until March of 1973.
The Pentagon claimed we needed to train 300,000 Iraqis, but now, they’re calling for an additional 100,000 trained Iraqis. Americans spoke on election day and it’s time to do what's best for our country.
We created the chaos by invading Iraq and thus became bin Ladens only indispensable ally. We're going to have less terrorism if we redeploy our troops, as quickly as possible. We need to tell them that we have given them an opportunity for democracy and now it’s up to you. Good-bye and Good Luck.
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