ix more Americans were killed in Iraq in a three day period recently. Truck and roadside bombs were the killers weapons again, again and again. The war is in its seventh year and the U.S. still has no defense against these weapons and our men and women in uniform still go out on patrol and are exposed to the hazards.
The Obama administration and our military planners should find a way to end the U.S. presence there at a faster pace than has been announced. Over 4000 Americans have given their lives for their country in that war because they were sent to fight a war over WMD that did not exist. Not one more American should have to die on Iraqi soil.
It was a betrayal to America to have a foreign policy based on the premise that Iraq was tied to the national security of the United States. It has always been the Israeli-Palestine, Syria and Iran connection that has a bearing on our national security in that area. Sadly, the people who started this war knew that. And if that is not sad enough our own military advisers are still telling us we have no way of knowing what will happen in Iraq after the U.S. leaves.
Israel and Egypt have had normal relations since the Camp David accords over 30 years ago that was prodded by President Carter. If the Israel, Palestine, Syria and Iran problem is not addressed, Iran will hold the wild card over Iraq when the U.S. departs. If that happens, what will our experts who started and supported the war in Iraq tell the parents of our men and women in uniform who paid the ultimate price.
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Over 140 Iraqi's have been killed in the last two days. The people were safer with Saddam in power. The war produced a sad situation for those Iraqi's who opposed Saddam. Those are the people who were supposed to greet the U.S. as liberators. Some leaders will never learn.
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