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Turning Iraq Around: Possible Or Impossible?
By Michelle Malsbury
Jan. 30, 2007
Early this year President Bush contemplated and approved
sending 21,500 more troops into Iraq.
Congress and most of America
are against this new deployment, as am I. After nearly four years of fighting
and little progress will another 21,500 troops really make a difference?
Admiral William Fallon told the Senate Armed Services that
he believed Iraq
could be turned around in a short time. What has not been defined is exactly
what that “short time” is in terms of weeks or months or years. Nor
has this administration defined, in terms that the American public can
understand, what the goals or milestones will be with regard to this newest
deployment. Why such secrecy? Could it be that this is more of the same?
President Bush unveiled a three pronged approach to what his
newest strategy is for “winning” this war with Iraq. Many
experienced military advisors have stated that this war is not winnable in the
military sense. Then why not just stop this madness and bring our troops back
home and out of harms way?
According to most new polls Bush’s approval rating has
sunk to a new all time low (28% according to MSNBC on January 29, 2007) and the
longer that this war with Iraq
drags out the more likely it may become that we need to band together to
impeach him. This new congress owes a great deal to the people that elected
them to office, the people who voted for changing the direction that this
country has taken in the past six years. Can they deliver?
Serious questions that deserve a reply are:
- What
are the milestones? How are they to be measured?
- What
happens in the event the Iraqi’s fail to meet the milestones?
- When
can the American public expect to see our troops come home?
- How
much more is this war going to cost in terms of lives lost and money
spent?
- Why is
the Bush Administration playing hard ball with Iran
when they have said they want to help reconstruct and open banking
institutions in Iraq?
- Is Iran
the next target in the crosshairs of this administration?
While I wait with bated breath for responses to those
pressing questions and more this government presses onward with the deployment
of more troops to this region where most accounts are that we cannot win, the
costs continue to rise in terms of deaths and monies spent, this area becomes
more unstable as each day passes, and no end can clearly be in sight. Either
President Bush is buying time and has no real plan to end this war or he is
inviting congress to move against him with impeachment proceedings. I say we
cut to the chase and begin impeachment proceeding at the earliest possible
moment. If you agree with me then please write or call your congress people and
tell them that the time is now! Impeach Bush and all of his cronies that believe
this war is going to be won! Move on with a leader who is capable of listening
to what the people of America
hold near and dear. The time is NOW! IMPEACH BUSH!
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About the author: Michelle Malsbury was born and raised in Champaign, Illinois. Currently she resides in Florida. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Management and a Masters Degree in Business Management. She has just been accepted into Doctoral College and will begin that three year journey in the fall of 2006. She plans to write her dissertation on "The Economic Feasibility and Sustainability of Alternative Fuel Sources".
Travels have taken her from Europe through the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and across much of the United States.
She is joint founder of the Apalachicola Yacht Club (AYC) and holds the post of secretary/treasurer. For the AYC she drafted the Constitution and Bylaws outlining membership rules, regulations, and guidelines.
She enjoys outdoor activities like sailing, water-skiing, hiking, bike riding, working out, and fishing as well as reading, music, theatre, playing with her two amusing pets (Abu Chez, her 7.5 year old Australian Blue Heeler and Zack, her three year old yellow tabby cat) and writing.
"Three Years With Adonis" is the first to be published of several books that she has written. It is now available in all the better bookstores, but can also be found and ordered at Amazon.com, Booksamillion.com, Barnesandnoble.com, or ordered directly from her web sites, www.3yearswithadonis.com, www.threeyearswithadonis.com, or www.MichelleMalsbury.com. In addition to "Three Years With Adonis", she has authored four other books and three screenplays while continuing to explore all that life hands her.
Email Michelle Malsbury:
zackywacks@aol.com
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