Six more Americans died in Iraq Tuesday despite the surge in troops that started many months ago. Those deaths pushed the total of Americans killed in Iraq to a record level for 2007, surpassing the previous level in 2004. Our troops are still being killed by road side bombs, and in the 56th month of this war, our men and women in uniform still do not have the proper equipment to keep them safe. The fallout caused by this war still continues over WMD that did not exist.
At the same time it has been reported by Colita Baldor of the Associated Press that the Pentagon is quietly looking for ways to make it easier for people with criminal records to join the military because of higher recruiting goals. The fallout from this unnecessary war has no bottom. The reckless way Mr. Bush took this country to war in Iraq has had a negative effect on our young men and women who are of age to serve their country.
Every journalist in America should be asking Mr. Bush every day when he is going to end this war and bring our troops home safely. One would think that after 56 months Mr. Bush can give the country an answer. Three months after Mr. Bush started this war he landed on an aircraft carrier and proclaimed "Mission Accomplished" and "Major Combat Operations" have ended. Fifty three months later the Commander in Chief is still in denial.
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