Purge the urge to surge
Arizona Republic
by Robert Robb
01/03/07
The United States begins the year discussing whether to increase troop levels generally and in Iraq specifically. Unfortunately, there is virtually no discussion of the question that should precede that decision: What should be the role of the United States in the world and with respect to the elected government of Iraq? Let's begin with Iraq. President Bush is said to be contemplating a 'surge' of U.S. troops to achieve security in Baghdad and perhaps elsewhere in that country. Put aside for a moment the question of whether this strategy would work. It is not the direction that the elected government of Iraq wants to take...
http://tinyurl.com/yhv3am
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surge
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Robert Robb
01/03/07
The United States begins the year discussing whether to increase troop levels generally and in Iraq specifically. Unfortunately, there is virtually no discussion of the question that should precede that decision: What should be the role of the United States in the world and with respect to the elected government of Iraq? Let's begin with Iraq. President Bush is said to be contemplating a 'surge' of U.S. troops to achieve security in Baghdad and perhaps elsewhere in that country. Put aside for a moment the question of whether this strategy would work. It is not the direction that the elected government of Iraq wants to take...
http://tinyurl.com/yhv3am
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surge
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 4. Jan, 15:02
