US President George W. Bush warned that it will take months before the 'surge' in Baghdad produce results. He then say that it is too early for the US troops in Iraq to go home and ask for patience. Dude, you had 4 years!
Remember when the war started, people were saying that it will be over in months, weeks maybe in days? Boy, were we wrong or what? 4 years later, they are still fighting. Even if the fighting end tomorrow, can anyone say that the Americans have won? Even if the Iraqis put down their weapons today, can the Americans shout "victory"? Of course not! The American troops are between a rock and a hard place because victory has already past them by. Saddam Hussein is dead but the length of the war has made victory impossible.
Terrorists are now using Iraq the way they used Afghanistan but there isn't a whole lot the Americans could do about it. The Bush administration doesn't really have a strategy outside more of the same and US public opinion on Iraq has already soured. Only 32 percent of Americans saying they favored the war, compare this to the 70+ percent when it first began. For their own sake, the American troops need to go home. Cause victory is now impossible.
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