President George Bush's announcement last night of the withdrawal of 30,000 soldiers from Iraq seems to be more of a political ploy than any real strategy. It seems to be that this announcement is to ease tension within the Republican Party and even the Democratic Party.
But, does this withdrawal of 30,000 soldiers really mean anything? Not at all, or, in the words of Ron Paul, it is totally irrelevant. These are the soldiers that were put there as "surge" troops a couple of months ago. And now that the President says the "surge" is working -- which does not seem to be accurate -- these soldiers will be brought home. However, we will still have 150,000+ soldiers left there to continue an endless and unconstitutional conflict.
When are we going to consider it alright for the rest to come home? What are the goals? It use to be that we establish a democratic government but, that passed and we still see corruption. It use to be until we stabilized the region, but now that seems unlikely. So what unrealistic goal is next?
The Democratic Party failed the American people when they were elected to end this war and failed to do so. What will happen next? I feel that we won't see any reduction in our soldiers in Iraq until the next president were to take office and then, that all depends on who takes office.
Labels: Current Event, Iraq War, Middle East, President Bush
