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september 12, 2007
Troop Reduction Does Not Go Far Enough
President George Bush is going to make an announcement tomorrow that he
is going to reduce the number of troops in Iraq by 30,000. This is
based upon recommendations made by General Petraeus. The current
number of troops that the United States has in Iraq is 162,000. This
troop reduction does not show a beginning of a troop withdrawal that Americans want to see,
it only takes U.S. forces back to a pre-surge level of 132,000 troops.
Not to mention that it may not happen until next summer and the troops
withdrawal comes with conditions that Bush says have to warrant a troop
cut.
Democrats have already criticized Bush's plan for the troop reduction, saying it does not go far enough and is actually "a blueprint for 10 more years of war in Iraq."
Democrats need to be reminded that the majority of Americans want to
bring the troops home immediately and they need to cut off funding for
this war to make that happen. Rep. Lynn Woolsey is calling on anti-war activists to push her Democratic colleagues to end the war.
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