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i>Cord MacGuire of Boulder writes:

Recent press reports reveal that the Pentagon has essentially despaired of ever standing-up a reliable Iraqi army by year’s end, as Bush had proclaimed, and that U.S. occupying troops would therefore not be standing-down anytime soon.
Despite four years of presumably intensive training, the new Iraqi army is still seen to be riddled with rebel infiltrators. We know that Iraqi soldiers often flee when faced with hostile forces. The unity and initiative within their ranks are undermined by sectarian and political tensions.
Soldiers’ loyalty to their own government appears tentative at best.
Since the so-called surge has been in effect, U.S. casualty rates have doubled in Baghdad. It’s now evident that U.S. forces will somehow have to quell the insurgency absent any prospect of significant Iraqi help. Furthermore, the ostensible government of prime minister al-Maliki has proven itself to be unwilling or unable to pass a new Iraq oil law, without which U.S. interests will have been entirely defeated.
Until the Democratic majority in Congress is able to muster enough votes to cut-off funding, the terrible price paid by U.S. troops in Iraq’s cynical maelstrom will continue to escalate.

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READER COMMENTS

Basically, our army is trying to prop up an iraqi army whose purpose is to defend the puppet government from the iraqi people.
It doesn't matter how much money or lives we waste, that puppet government is never going to be able to stand up on its own. So our government should just tell us..."if we want to be able to steal their oil, we're going to have to be there forever."

Keith,

Count to ten...

Hey, Charles B.,

Want to bet he's one of those the writer of the letter just ahead of this one was talking about?

Democrates John Kerry, Edwards, Murtha, H. Clinton, etc. voted for action against Iraq. Now they want the US to run away and leave Iraq to the terrorists. They keep comparing this to Vietnam and that is exactly what they are turning the war in Iraq into if we cut and run. NO ONE EVER WON A WAR BY RUNNING AWAY. The democrates clearly do not care one bit about what happens to the Iraq people. They just want to play politics.

And what happens when the next terrorist attack happens on US soil? Them dems will just cry, they're misunderstood.

I know, and people like Cord will continue to ignore the fact that our troops are fighting terrorists. They see casualty rates and want to just run away and let the terrorists take complete control. Like running away will solve all the problems.

Carol,

"Now they want the US to run away and leave Iraq to the terrorists."

Errr, Carol, I think the idea is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi's.

Are you one of the idiot 26% of Americans who think Iraq attacked us on 9-11?

And Carol...why are you such a scared little coward?

Fear is a lonely way to live.

Sadam has NOT flown any planes into the World Trade Center since "W Gezus" has invaded Iraq.

Love my Bush!

JN

"They see casualty rates and want to just run away and let the terrorists take complete control."

When you see the casualty rates what do you do? A happy dance?

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