BUSH. CHENEY, AND THE MILITARY... THE FACTS AND NOT THE SPIN CYCLE
Bush, Cheney, and his generals continue to paint a rosy picture of Iraq while ignoring the facts.
Let’s examine the hard facts of Bush’s Iraq War.
Currently, $333 million a day, $14 million an hour, $231,000 a minute and $3,850 a second is spent on Bush’s Iraq War. The number of U.S. troops in Iraq is now at a record high - 168,000. The cost of the war is expected to increase regardless of reductions in troop levels by next summer.
2.2 million Iraqis fled from their homes and sought refuge elsewhere as Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites compete for domination in their provinces.
Currently, 60 Iraqi civilians die each day (as a result of American negligence, insurgents, and the civil war). Over 100,000 innocent Iraqi have been killed since Bush’s invasion. Presently, about 3 Americans die each day in Iraq.
The Iraqi government has little control over its country, with tribal leaders exerting control over their provinces. The Iraqi government has failed to achieve most of the benchmarks Bush laid out in his January 2007 speech.
Its time to stop “staying the course” as endorsed by Bush, General Petraeus, and the republicans. The democrats must apply immediate and consistent pressure and change course in Iraq and terminate Bush’s open-ended commitment to Iraq.
BY Christian Gatsby
