Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced the U.S. will be sending 3200 additional Marines to fight the war in Afghanistan. Mr. Bush and Mr. Gates, who recently visited with the leaders of NATO, have both been trying to get NATO to contribute more combat troops to that war with no success.
Our previous Presidents were able to offer leadership to NATO, but not Mr. Bush. His reckless foreign policy has isolated the U.S. more than ever with our allies. The war in Afghanistan passed the 6 year mark in 2007, which was the most deadly year for our troops and our own military leaders said that things are getting worse. That is the exact language we heard during the Vietnam war---"things are getting worse so lets send in more U.S. troops".
The American people should remember it was the Reagan-Bush administration who created the Taliban and armed them to fight the Soviet occupation and now they are fighting and killing Americans. Our military technology is worthless if we have to occupy other countries to protect our national security.
And to top it off, Mr. Bush told reporters on his tour of the Middle East this past week that the U.S. could be in Iraq for 10 years. All of the reasons Bush gave for invading and occupying Iraq were lies and now we are being told it may be another Vietnam. We already know the Republican candidates running for President would continue the Bush policies(with exception of Ron Paul), so the American people and our men and women in uniform have a major stake with their vote in November in electing a President who will truly keep our country and its people safe. Bush failed to keep our country and people safe on 9-11 and almost 7 years later, there is no end in sight.
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