Iraqi Government Isn’t Much More Stable Today Than Before the Deaths of 4,000 Americans (Rep. Neil Abercrombie)
March 26th, 2008
Four thousand American men and women killed in Iraq; 30-thousand injured in a war that didn’t need to be fought and a military occupation the Bush Administration doesn’t know how to end.
$12-billion a month; $278,000 a minute; $4,630 a second — all borrowed — to stay there. A few months ago, Sunni militias were killing Americans. Now, we’re paying the same Sunni militias not to kill Americans — $10 per person per day — $24-million a month.
Four thousand American men and women died so Sunni and Shi’a and Kurdish Iraqis could build a stable, unified government. But the government isn’t much more stable or unified today than it was five years ago, before the deaths of 4,000 Americans.
The Bush Administration — and John McCain — tell us we’re winning, so we can’t leave Iraq. But if we’re winning, why are we stuck there?
Two out of three Americans want to bring our troops home. They’re saying whatever it is we’ve gained simply isn’t worth the price. And Vice President Cheney’s reaction is, “So?”
Four thousand American men and women killed in Iraq. This war must end now. I will do all I can to bring this about.”
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