In less than a month, it will mark five years that the United States has been at war in Iraq. In the last election voters sent a clear message that they wanted the government to find a way to get our troops out quickly. So how are we doin' on that?
We have an executive branch and a legislative branch that want to go in different directions....
1. Bush has ordered the troop surge, and the 21,500 have started deploying.
2. Violence continues out of control in parts of Iraq, with deep divisions among factions of Sunnis and Shiites.
3. The Democratic Congress wants to limit our role in Iraq. They tried a non-binding resolution condemning the "troop surge" plan. It passed in the House of Reps, but enough Republicans voted against it to prevent the Senate from passing the resolution. Senate Shifts Focus After Vote to Debate Iraq Resolution Fails
4. So now, Democratic leaders are drafting legislation to amend the 2002 authorization for the war. They want to work toward what they called a "phased withdrawal" of American troops from Iraq. Congressional Democrats Wrestle Over How to Force Bush to Alter Iraq Policy
5. The British announced they are pulling out. As US surges, British start exiting Iraq
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hey mr.craggio this is maria Pelesasa well i am just writhing to you about the war in iraq. well what i think is they should really pull the troops out. we can't aford to lose any more lifes i mean i support bush alot but i just think that he is wasting alto of our own peoples lifes over things that he defind important.
hey mr.craggio this is Maria Pelesasa i am just writing to you about the war in iraq and my opinion on it.I support bush but i think it is just a mistake living our troops in iraq and letting them die.Bushes place of being a president is about to be over and each president had a chance to make the world different but they all do the same thing.Bush should stop all this war going on but he can't, why? because he is too busy thinking about him self then what he actually said he would.Bush need to help and prevent this caose from going on and stop our people from dieing.
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