Revolutionary Voice

3000 soldiers have had their lives cut short in Iraq on the last day of 2006. The death toll is unbearable. How can Republicans even ponder the thought of increasing troops? How can anyone support the war and this matter of sending people off to not only kill civilians, and treat Iraqi natives with hostility, but also get themselves killed?

Time Magazine states:
“Earlier this week the US said it would send up to 3,300 soldiers to the Gulf in early January as a standby force.”

The New York Times states:
“The Bush administration is considering an increase in troop levels in Iraq of 17,000 to 20,000, which would be accomplished in part by delaying the departure of two Marine regiments now deployed in Anbar Province, Pentagon officials said Thursday.”

Luckily, with the new Democrat-controlled Congress, president Bush may not receive the permission to change his “Iraq strategy” and increase troops. The war still has a minimum of two years to go, and may not stop even after the next elections.