BUSH’S NEW IRAQ STRATEGY: IS HE SIMPLY SENDING MORE TARGETS FOR THE ENEMY? Or Will The Increase Actually Turn the Tide?

(Photos: The Guardian/Cartoon byPeter Till)

The President’s speech last Wednesday night was pretty much as replay of the same old tune, except he finally admitted, seemingly, that the “buck stops at his desk.” Of course, everyone else knew that all along. But hearing such an admission and acceptance of full responsibility was
a welcoming change to see honesty show its subdued head, finally, and for him to publicly acknowledge that a new approach and overhaul of strategy is definitely needed.

It’s fruitless at this point and time to criticize the “right or wrong”of the invasion of Iraq that was clearly based on ill-conceived notions that Iraq was a perfect candidate for starting the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East. What is done is done. Let’s just hope that future presidents and the Congress and US citizenry as a whole, though I doubt it, will learn from the Iraq debacle.

One of the best illustrations I have seen lately, was a cartoon (seen here) by Peter Till, that was in the comment section of the British Times used to accompany and complement Jonathan Freedland’s (left photo) article: “Like a deluded compulsive gambler, Bush is fueling a new Cold War.”

Both the article and the cartoon speak for themselves, respectively, in that they are quite illustrative, opinionatively and pictorially, of the type of mind set that apparently guides President Bush and his administration. And the high probability that an infusion of 21,500 more troops into Iraq could be similar to throwing more gasoline into the fire or more troops into harms way-as illustrated. Thus, providing an ominous look into the future.

My worst fear is there will be more body bags filled with US troops returning to their homeland for their grieving families to bury; the real heroes and victims of the Iraq tragedy. And, of course, the Iraqi people also-without question. For the sake of the troops and the innocents, let’s hope all the prognosticators and skeptics are wrong; which includes me as well. You decide!
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Read entire Jonathan Freland's referenced article: CLICK LINK.