August 14
Sean Lewis
VirtualTruth@gmail.com
Unpleasant Political Realities: The Surge IS working. (original title)
The Surge IS working, however the Surge is an illusion. For the Surge
to be real, the draft must return. Currently because of extended tours
and early recalls, there are enough troops to facilitate the Surge.
However, once troop rotations begin the Surge will evaporate.
The sacrifice of the troops will only give a short term benefit for
the three to six months the additional troops are present. 3 to 6
months is too short of a time period to generate long term lasting
results. However it is a start and does give political hope for
success, at a HIGH price of US life. Life that without a draft to
continue, will be life lost in futility to give a President time to
run out the clock and hand off to another President and hopefully
another political party to be blamed for ANOTHER policy that was
destined to fail before it began.
The issue is making the Surge a real long term solution for ALL of
IRAQ! This calls for a draft to insure the troops needed for a long
term 5 to 10 year deployment and rotation are available, a fact the White House is now confessing was necessary but was never planned for.
20,000 was the start, but for success we need at least 200,000
additional troops for an Iraq Nation-wide Surge occupation with another
200,000 for troop rotation and another 100,000 for replacements.
This is the real commitment for success. Is Bush willing to be honest
with America and admit the truth to this unpleasant political reality?