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PURGE THE SURGE / IT'S A TRAP FOR DEMOCRATS
There is only one reason for Bush's soon to be announced Surge in troops for the illegal Iraq Occupation ( not War ) ~ and that is to save face and imminent failure before Bush leaves office in two years. Bush has never taken reponsibility for his failures and if the Democrats grant him this costly reprieve ~ they alone will be left to take responsibility for this ongoing crime against humanity: Allen L Roland
Bush's SURGE is a deadly Monkey trap for Democrats for once they buy in they will eventually have to take responsibility for the tragic human cost of Bush's illegal occupation of Iraq.
The Pentagon has tried to hide that US casualties in Iraq now exceed 50,000 . Michael Munk, a retired political scientist from Portland, OR, noted on Alternet Thursday that the number of U.S. casualties in Iraq — "total number made unavailable for duty from all causes, including deaths and wounds suffered in combat as well as injuries, accidents, and illness" ~ is now well over 50,000. This number, he argued, is a much better measure of "the actual human cost of the invasion and occupation of Iraq." ... http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5523/
Robert Dreyfuss calls it The Surge to Nowhere in Tom Dispatch ~ Click here to read this dispatch.
Michael Duffy, Time, explores the whole surge concept and finally hits Bush's obvious rationale which is to throw a few thousand more troops into the fire and hold the green zone before I leave office in early 2009, build my library and let the Democrats clean up my mess.
Excerpt: " There is one other scenario to consider: it may be that Bush won't pull out of Iraq as long as he is President. Whether it works or not, a surge of 18 to 24 months would carry Bush to the virtual end of his term. After that, Iraq becomes someone else's problem. Bush's real exit strategy in Iraq may just be to exit the presidency first. "
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/01/05.html
WHAT A SURGE REALLY MEANS
By MICHAEL DUFFY / TIME MAGAZINE
SO, IS THE SURGE BUSH'S LAST STAND?
" ... PROBABLY YES, WHETHER BUSH INTENDS IT that way or not. There is always a chance that a surge might reduce the violence, if only for a while. But given that nothing in Iraq has gone according to plan, it seems more likely that it won't. That's why many in the military assume privately that a muscular-sounding surge now is chiefly designed to give Bush the political cover to execute a partial withdrawal on his terms later. "We think that by bringing the level of violence down and bringing the level of Iraqi support up, we will be able to begin to hand over the country," Kagan told TIME.
Asked what happens if the surge fails, he added, "If the situation collapses for some other reason--loss of will in the U.S., say, or an unexpected Iraqi political meltdown, then the reduced violence will permit a more orderly withdrawal, if that becomes necessary, mitigating the effect of defeat on the U.S. military and potentially on the region." A retired colonel who served in Baghdad put it more bluntly: "We don't know whether this is a plan for victory or just to signal to Americans that we did our damnedest before pulling out."
There is one other scenario to consider: it may be that Bush won't pull out of Iraq as long as he is President. Whether it works or not, a surge of 18 to 24 months would carry Bush to the virtual end of his term. After that, Iraq becomes someone else's problem. Bush's real exit strategy in Iraq may just be to exit the presidency first. "
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on Conscious talk radio www.conscioustalk.net
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