The New York Times posted this afternoon that Bush to Offer Plan to Pull Out 5,700 Troops by Year’s End.
The story continues to read that President Bush will hold a national news conference telling America that by Christmas of this year 5,700 troops will be pulled out of Iraq. It is currently 9:09 p.m. and while I am sitting in my living room, I'm watching his caterpillar eyebrows and stout nose speak to our fellow Americans: sons, daughters, friends and neighbors home and abroad. Our President of the United States is highlighting all of the positive efforts in "our continued fight" that is in Iraq. I am doubtful as to what he is speaking of. Why does it seem like he is sugar-coating this national address. Could it possibly be from this excerpt at the New York Times?
"Mr. Bush, as had been widely expected, is accepting the recommendations of Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker. A key part of their recommendations is bringing the 5,700 marines and soldiers home and not replacing them."
He continues his speech while recounting his position on the past in our defeat of terrorists and extremists. While it is currently too early for the clip to be uploaded to such sites at youtube and others, you can watch a clip of cbs anchor Katie Couric talk about his invocation on history and his speech on Iraq strategy here. Will he attempt to stand on his own without recounting the past? While I am a 22-year-old college student, political party I will not reveal, though what qualities did our President of the United States just relay to his audience? While I have my own opinion in this matter, which I could gracefully write from top to bottom of this blog, this is not my stance on the issue. I ask you to question such a hugely debated topic.
2 comments:
I was reading in the NY times that Gen. Petraeus is reducing troops in Iraq to about 130,000 by next summer. I, too, found it hard to believe when Bush talked about withdrawing troops in his presidential address, especially because it seemed that this was a war with no end in sight. But I kind of have to look at it in this point of view, we hear so much about car bombs, kidnappings and suspected terrorist attacks that this type of news seems almost too good to be true. But although, there's no telling exactly when the war will end, hearing about troops coming home is news Americans have been waiting to here.
I completely agree. All of the media coverage of the war shows no end to this war. Bush has said so much about creating and maintaining peace in Iraq, but obviously the Iraqi Army can't do it on their own so we have to help. But we can't help if he is planning to bring troops home. Believe me I want the troops to come home as much as everyone else does, but the President's math just doesn't add up. Until the time when Washington figures out what to do, the rest of us will just have to wait to actually see troops coming home. And the news media will cover that too.
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