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TROOP SURGE  

The troop surge commenced Feb. 14, 2007, with the 82nd Airborne as the vanguard of an American troop buildup that would climb to 30,000 extra U.S. soldiers

The President's troop surge may put Iran on notice to reassess its position and stop interfering in Iraq.

Bush will announce a plan to send 9,000 or more soldiers to Iraq. Our presence has done nothing but make the situation worse. Adding troops will give Iraqis an excuse not to stand on their own.

A comparison of Bush's goals for the troop with the results shows the surge deserves an F, and that's by the increasingly lowered standards of expectations.

While Bush proposes sending 20,000 additional troops as a sort of magic bullet that will save Iraq, no one has mentioned that corporations have already provided an extra 100,000 fighters in addition to the 140,000 US troops already there.

The US House of Representatives has huffed and puffed and....well...they really did huff and puff!

Last month, the dissatisfaction with the war was at its highest, and this month opposition has declined ever so slightly and is now at a level that it has been at for most of the year.

The all night debate focused mainly on an amendment to the defense bill sponsored by Armed Services Committee chair Carl Levin (D-Michigan) and Senator Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island.)

There has been a deficit in honesty among those we elect to bear stewardship in this great enterprise called America. It may be time for Senator McCain to heed to the friendly reawaken advice offered freely by Obama.

Watching troops from the 1st Brigade at Fort Stewart, GA prepare to deploy for a third time since 2003 has brought on some unexpectedly mixed feelings for me. I was an Infantry Medic with the 1st Brigade (3rd Bn., 7th INF) from 1991 to 1994.

The President's new strategy for Iraq has resulted in the extension of a Minnesota National Guard unit for up to four more months.

The Department of Defense is considering sending additional forces to Afghanistan.

One day after leading anti-war Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania said, "The surge (in Iraq) is working," House Republican Whip Roy Blunt called on congressional Democrats to pass a clean troop support bill before Congress leaves for its Christmas recess.

The Center for Defense Information has posted a new analysis that examines Iraq surge troop levels and draws conclusions about the addition of American troops in Iraq.

Indiana Senator Richard Lugar has urged a change of course in the administration's Iraq policy "soon." The ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is the most prominent GOP member to date to suggest that the recent troop surge is failing.

According to Lt. General Raymond T. Odierno, President Bush's current "troop surge" in Iraq will need to last until February 2008 in order to be effective.

The Defense Department announced last week that the Third Infantry Division, headquartered in Fort Stewart, Georgia, will deploy to Iraq three months sooner than originally scheduled.

Momentum from Friday's House vote against the President's 21,000 troop surge did not carry over to the Senate in a rare Saturday vote.

Bush's surge in Iraq is in preparation for retaliation when he attacks Iran.

Hillary Clinton is polling 7 percentage points ahead of John McCain, the Republican frontrunner for President. Are liberals warming up to Hillary considering her middle of the road stance on issues? Is McCain sinking with his "troop surge" plan?

Some analysts insist that Iraq will need foreign troop involvement in order to stabilize it for the next 10 years.

In the presidential address on Thursday September 13, 2007, President Bush announced there will be some troop removals from Iraq. However, he also said that the United States will continue to be involved there for a few years at least.

"General Petraeus forcefully and effectively reported measurable gains to the joint session of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees."

In recent months, outsourcing has been elevated to a whole new level. Forget about help desks and computer programmers. The Pentagon is now outsourcing its fighting men.

In a move sure to further confound a White House who once thought congress was a place Karl Rove called to tell it what the president wanted, the House approves the emergency supplemental.

The three front running democratic candidates advocate troop withdrawal, and all three are trying to take advantage of the fact that the war is top on voters minds.

The House and Senate recently passed a bill calling for a full troop withdrawal from Iraq. Bush gives the stink eye. Failure imminent.

The White House is offering a bafflingly optimistic vantage point following the announcement of the withdraw of 1,600 British Troops, over one fifth of their current Iraq based forces.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce troop pull-outs from Iraq. Has Bush lost his last real ally?

Senators McCain and Lieberman recently returned from Iraq saying that the troops there supported the "surge" and the policy (according to Lieberman) is "exactly" the course that should be taken.

Senator John McCain and Senator Chuck Hagel both served in Vietnam, and both have a different take on what to do next in Iraq.

Still in its infancy, al-Qaeda's new shadow government recently suffered a crippling defeat with the loss of their capitol, Tahrir.

President Bush vetoed a supplemental war-spending bill Tuesday night, calling for a bill without "rigid, artificial timelines." By doing so, the President defies the will of the majority of Americans.

Al-Qaeda in Iraq has blundered in its war against the United States on multiple fronts - and now it hopes to rectify those mistakes through its shadow government.

Democrats on Thursday failed, 50-48, in their latest attempt to take over the management of the Iraq War from President George Bush. The Senate bill would have forced the U.S. military to initiate a retreat from Iraq within 120 of the bill taking effect.

As Republican Presidential hopefuls court conservative groups, a Congressman from Colorado is moving the bar even further to the right. Rep. Tom Tancredo is an answer to the prayers of the Conservatives: a candidate so conservative that all others pale by comparison.

There is a sense of fear spreading throughout the American People. With the situation in Iraq growing consistently worse, and the increasing recognition of open hostility from neighboring countries, many have begun to hypothesize a coming military Draft.

Did America really vote for change in Iraq in last November's election? If so, they're in for a disappointment, as nothing will change over the next two years.

Those gutless Republicans continue to put party loyalty ahead of loyalty to the American people even when it doesn't matter.

Climate change, economic inequality, health care... has President Bush turned liberal? Judging from some of the topics discussed in the State of the Union speech and since then, one might think so.

I hereby offer up a theory for diagnosing Pres. Bush's bizarre behavior as the result of general paresis, a syphiltic mental disorder that can take as long at thirty years to become fully manifest.

The House and Senate continue to debate a nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's plan to send an additional 21,000 troops to Iraq in the near future. Once again, at a time when decisive action is needed, our elected leaders give us more useless talk.

As the US Congress fell into the hands of the Democrats, we anticipated a change in policy. But is it merely an illusion?

After nearly four years, it looks as if the Bush administration will be declaring victory in Iraq a little while longer.

In an interview with CNN, Vice President Cheney defended the war in Iraq.

This is an editorial piece about why I think Barack Obama is so popular as a presidential candidate.

The War in Iraq is different than the Vietnam War. But there are lessons learned in Vietnam that President Bush should consider in planning America's actions in Iraq.

The issues: millions of illegal immigrants, an open border, and a lawless government in Mexico. These could eventually lead to either an evolution, a revolution, or a disintegration of American society. The consequences, especially in Texas, could be devastating.

We need to sacrifice more Mr. Bush? Let's start with you. A searing open letter to President George W Bush comes with an international petition.

As the United States surges troops to Iraq, intelligence officials expect the Mahdi Army to lower its profile.