The Associate Press reported “Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months.”
The pathetic reality is that we still have not brought real peace to Iraq. We have all heard enough commentaries and evaluations from reporters visiting Baghdad to understand that country as if we had been there ourselves. George W. Bush will most likely respond to the latest violence by maintaining the current level of military manpower.
John McCain’s pledge to keep Americans in Iraq for a hundred years if necessary, are the words of a man who believes in an American empire. There is no proof that our army in Iraq has made the United States any safer. To the contrary Iraq has become the training ground for terrorists.
Military oriented people like John McCain support this “arms makes right” philosophy. Many Americans agree with this idea. Even if John McCain is correct in keeping troops there for the sake of peace is it worth the lost life and money spent?
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