Some progress has been made on the ground in Iraq since the start of Bush's troop buildup, aka the "Troop Surge". But is this too little too late? What is the outlook for US presence in Iraq, and how can the US get out of Iraq elegantly...
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Some progress has been made on the ground in Iraq since the start of Bush's troop buildup, aka the "Troop Surge". But is this too little too late? What is the outlook for US presence in Iraq, and how can the US get out of Iraq elegantly and without serious negative consequences? The united States is spending a billion dollars per day to maintain troops on the ground in Iraq, and losing lives daily. This wikizine is a place to discuss the troop surge strategy, mark progress, and share ideas about the war.
Over the past several months, John McCain and his backers have touted his early endorsement of the Iraq War “surge” as evidence of his political courage, but it could be equally viewed as an act of political desperation, to forestall total calamity in Iraq and to avert disaster for broader neoconservative objectives in the Middle East. McCain’s endorsement of the “surge” in January 2007 also represented a repudiation of his previous support for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s concept of... Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Iraq Troop Surge". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article... Read Full Story
2 GOP senators back troop reduction in Iraq - Their support for the nonbinding resolution is one more indicator of Republican discontent with Bush's strategy - Los Angeles Times Excerpt: "In another sign that congressional Republicans are losing patience with the White House war strategy, two GOP senators Thursday got behind new legislation designed to encourage the Bush administration to reduce U.S. military involvement in Iraq. Sens. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Gordon Smith of Oregon are... Read Full Story
BAGHDAD – The full contingent of new U.S. forces being sent to Iraq — what military leaders call a “surge” of troops to improve security and stability in the capital — was completed by Friday, with 28,500 additional troops now posted in the country, a U.S. military spokesman said.
“The strategic movement of forces into the theater [...] Read Full Story
In an article on ipsnews.net , journalist and investigative historian Gareth Porter analyzed the final draft of the US Iraq Status of Forces Agreement on the US military presence in Iraq. He states that the agreement “represents an even more crushing defeat for the policy of the George W. Bush administration than previously thought.” The deal not only calls for a clear deadline for a withdrawal of combat troops by 2011, it will also be unlikely the a residual non-combat force of US Troops... Read Full Story
Three months into the new U.S. military strategy that has sent tens of thousands of additional troops into Iraq, overall levels of violence in the country have not decreased, as attacks have shifted away from Baghdad and Anbar, where American forces are concentrated, only to rise in most other provinces, according to a Pentagon report [...] Read Full Story
Five years ago this week 170,000 American and coalition soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen and Marines launched Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). When they commenced their attack they were outnumbered nearly three to one by Saddam Hussein’s military, yet it took U.S. troops just three weeks to liberate Baghdad. No military force in history has ever gone further, faster or with fewer casualties. Despite a lightning-fast victory over the dictator’s Army, Republican Guards and Fedayeen, the... Read Full Story
Where do they keep coming up with these right wingers who keep claiming Iraq is not that fragile and "the surge" is a roaring success? The latest is Fred Kagan, surge architect and a member of the right wing think tank American Enterprise Institute, who went on The Charlie Rose Show to make his outlandish claim in the face of overwhelming information we have have been providing on this blog that Iraq is not only fragile, but Iraq is a cauldron of chaos. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/22... Read Full Story
This is a re-post from fellow blogger California Yankee : Harvard researchers find that negative media coverage about the U.S. effort in Iraq have a measurable " emboldenment effect " -- increase in insurgent attacks: Periods of intense news media coverage in the United States of criticism about the war, or of polling about public opinion on the conflict, are followed by a small but quantifiable increases in the number of attacks on civilians and U.S. forces in Iraq, according to a study by... Read Full Story
The airwaves in the United States are filled with pundits and wannabe foreign policy experts who would want you to believe they know exactly what is going on with "the surge" and how successful it has been. Jooest Hilterman , on the other hand, is Deputy Director for the International Crisis Group , and in this video he explains in detail why the "surge" is only a temporary success in the overall stability of Iraq. If you are interested in the future of Iraq, and I must assume you are or you... Read Full Story
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