At the beginning of this year President Bush ordered a “surge” of additional troops to Iraq to clamp down on the bad guys. In September the commanding general overseeing war operations in Iraq told Congress the surge was working.
The President immediately declared “mission accomplished” (in so many words) and ordered a phased withdrawal of the additional troops which were responsible for turning around the battlefield situation - a decision which didn’t make a lick of sense to this non-general civilian. After all, when something works, don’t fix it.
On Monday, Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil, the top commander in Baghdad, warned against withdrawing troops from the war theater too fast. “It’s clear that pulling out too quickly, before the Iraqis are truly able to take over these areas independently, would be very risky and there are some areas in the city where, at this point, it would fail,” Gen. Fils warned.
Will the president listen this time?
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: National
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