More Tradegy In Iraq
Fourteen contractors in Iraq were abducted today. Some of which were Americans. It all started a standard military truck stop where they were abducted. As well as those individuals being abducted we have sent even MORE troops to Anbar, a providence of Iraq to fight over there. There were also fifteen people killed in an insurgent attack on a backery as well. There were also bodies found as well as 70 hostages taken were still missing. Ones that returned reported events of individuals being tortured.
In the day the total amount of individuals killed is 17 and 55 bodies were found. To the date the U.S. deaths rose to 2,857 along with seven military contractors.
I have done many posts on the war and thought that the violence would gradually decline but obviously I was wrong. This is just one example of a horrible day in Iraq and this still should not be happening. I don't believe we are pulling out anytime soon because we sent 2,000 more troops into the war. How can we pull some out when we are still sending in? I think this is ridiculous and we need to get out of Iraq now so they can learn how to lead their own government. I say give it two more months and then we start pulling out. We can't keep risking our soldiers lives for a better life over there.
For more information on the torturing and hostage situation here is the link. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/16/iraq.kidnappings/index.html
posted by Anonymous @ 11/16/2006 09:17:00 PM
1 Comments:
It certainly seems that sending more and more troops to Iraq isn't the way to settle the insurgency and discontent the civilians have with their government. In all practicality, some times the best way to win a battle is to cut your losses and retreat. Whatever will happen will happen. The people have overthrown a dictatorship that they've had for quite a while; they won't allow another to form. A constitution is in place, and elections have been held. Soldiers are being killed and foreigners abducted because the people who commit these crimes want us, and the other countries of the Coalition out of the country. Realistically, I know that a full pull-out of our troops won't happen until the next presidency, if at all. It's like Mrs. Hartman said today in class: "We broke it, so we bought it."
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