[NEohioPAL]No more troops for Iraq

[Lee Kamps]

Thanks for posting that. Every day the situation in Iraq looks more like
another Vietnam and it was a request for more troops in Vietnam that
eventually led to the phased withdrawal from Vietnam. However unlike Vietnam
where no one could figure how we got involved there in the first place; the
adventure in iraq has a definite beginning. Remember those "weapons of mass
destruction" that were stockpiled in Iraq and supposedly aimed at the United
States? John Kerry was right when he said in the 2004 election campaign that
by invading Iraq before finishing the job in Afganistan, the United States
took its "eyes off the ball" and dropped it.

Those that do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. George W.
Bush apparently was drunk and partying throughout the late 1960s when
Vietnam was raging. It is obvious that he (and Dick Cheney and Donald
Rumsfeld) never learned any lessons from Vietnam. That is the problem when
we elect "chicken hawks" as president.

Lee Kamps

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Subject: [NEohioPAL]No more troops for Iraq


Forwarded by Bruce Seifert <bru53 at hotmail.com>

I just sent a personal message using the easy one click form below to make
policy change happen now. I hope you will join me!

http://www.peaceteam.net/no_surge.php

Take Their Troop Surge In Iraq And SHOVE IT

It is astonishing to remember that a mere six years ago George Bush
campaigned on the accusation that the Clinton administration had let the
readiness of our military deteriorate.  Today nearly all our military
experts, even those speaking at peril to their careers, agree that our armed
forces have been broken by the strategically idiotic occupation of Iraq.
And yet the Bush administration has now coined a new slogan for "stay the
course," in utter and diffident defiance of the will of American people.
They are trying to sell us on yet one more "surge" in Iraq, perhaps the one
that will finally break our own backs.  What Germany could not do in World
War II, what Japan could not do, George Bush has singlehandedly nearly
accomplished already, the destruction of our armed forces.

There is only one possible outcome from more such bull headed obstinacy, a
surge in casualties, a surge in red ink budget deficits, and sadly yes, a
SURGE in insurgency.  At a time when many are worried about how to
logistically extract the troops we have there already, what the Bush
administration is looking to do is to drive even faster going the wrong way
on the freeway.  And IF there were to be a further increase now, it would
push off prospects of any meaningful withdrawal for another couple years,
conveniently until the currently scheduled end of the Bush presidency.  What
is this silly talk about two to three months?  It would take longer than
that just to get more troops in.  Are supporters of this idea nuts?  They
most certifiably are.

And worse yet, Harry Reid was just quoted as saying he might go along with
their "surge" lunacy.  He really needs to hear from us.  American deaths
from roadside bombs in Iraq are even now at their highest rate ever.  There
is no honor whatsoever in sending our brave service people into a rigged
fight.  There is no defense against such weapons, at least none which our
troops are likely to ever be given.  Our troops are in a shooting gallery
where it is impossible to tell friend from foe.  They are dying for
absolutely no other reason but politicians who are too cowardly to admit
they were wrong, with the pathological liars in the White House at the top
of the indictment.

http://www.peaceteam.net/no_surge.php

Thank you

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