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SUPPORT FOR THE FAILED TROOP SURGE CONTINUES UNABATED

By Schuyler Thorpe
Author and Political Activist

It’s a bit puzzling: Seeing the GOP continue to support a clearly failed Iraq policy.

But that’s what they are apparently content in doing. And the question is why?

What possible political gain could the GOP hope to achieve by supporting a failed troop surge?

The original premise of the surge was to tamp down violence in Baghdad long enough to give the Malaki government enough reconciliation time and get its act together.

But 8 months later--zero political progress has been made by the clearly dysfunctional Malaki government.

Does this stop the GOP support?

Nope.

These misguided fools (and their supporters) still hinge on the idea that “it takes awhile for progress to be made”.

Okay…um…8 months have passed and no progress has been made in political reform, unity, or reconciliation within the Malaki government.

The year before that…? Nothing. The year before that? Nothing.

So what are the GOP and its war supporters waiting for?

A sign from God?

With limited progress on the ground, the Malaki government clearly has shown that it cannot govern. But does this persuade the Republicans that nothing they do or say is going to change the facts on the ground?

That this surge is a monumental failure?

Sadly, no.

The GOP is inherently blind to reality. They still believe that through some unforeseen miracle–Iraq will somehow right itself and fly right.

But both war-weary Americans and Democrats are tired of waiting. And seeing our military abused for clearly selfish purposes.

But take heart. All of this will end sooner than we all thought.

Someone recently said: "When we make a mistake, it is the obligation of the people—through their representatives—to correct the mistake, not continue the mistake. We have dug a hole for ourselves and we have dug a hole for our party. We are losing elections, and we are going down next year if we don't change it."

And that person was none other than Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul himself.

Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1 at yahoo.com

Labels: American people, Democrats, GOP, Iraq, Iraq war, Ron Paul, troop surge failure

posted by Schuyler Thorpe @ 12:31 AM