Monday, January 01, 2007
Iraq - The Gorilla on the President's Back
Iraq dominated the headlines in 2006 and it will remain an issue that will shape American politics in the year which has just begun. Indications are that the president's yet to be announced new strategy isn't going to win much support at home and there are serious doubts -- even among Republicans -- that it would do any good. The strategy is expected to be based primarily on deployment of additional troops.
As we entered 2007, the death toll for American soldiers reached 3000. The Bush Administration took the expected line about the number being meaningless. But how many more must die ? The President will not be able to shake off the gorilla on his back. Iraq will continue to plague him....and trouble us for being duped by the president and his cabal of neocons.
