How would you feel if you were the 18-year-old kid whose leg had just been blown off for the sake of a plan that even conservative Republicans are describing as "insane"-- a plan that the top military commander believes has only a "one in four chance" of succeeding?
From the Oregonian:
Smith's public comments on the war have grown increasingly complex and controversial in recent months. The Republican senator made national headlines in December when he gave a speech on the Senate floor, saying Bush's war policy is "absurd" and "may even be criminal." Since then he has strongly opposed President Bush's call for a "surge" of 20,000 troops in Iraq. Smith was one of 14 senators to vote last month against the nomination of Gen. George Casey as U.S. Army chief of staff.
"If you're really going to do a surge, you don't do it with 20,000, you do it with 250,000," he said, noting that Baghdad is a city of nearly 7 million people. But he said the United States cannot afford such a response; instead it has to come from the Iraqi Army.
Smith said he recently spoke with Gen. David Petraeus, the new top military commander in Iraq, who told him the troop surge has only a one in four chance of succeeding.
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I'd feel crippled. Not to sound harsh or anything, but sheesh!
I'm waiting to comment on the surge until after it has a chance to fail. It is sad, but what can I do?
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