Iraq

Mistakes were made and there is a case for out-right deception of the American public. The truth is that these references are made to the past and we must look to the future. The Iraqi government cannot support it's own country, but our presence is inciting more violence.

A phased withdrawal over the next 12-18 months, with concrete benchmarks for the Malarki government is a new policy we should employ in Iraq. Iraq is our war, but the war is long over and the Iraqis should be forced to focus on reconstruction of their country with the help of the world community. If the country must be split, then so be it. Soldiers continue to die, children maimed by shrapnel, no clean water, and multiple tours for our National Guardsmen...sounds like too much pride on all sides, and not enough progress.