More troops not the Iraq solution
The Bee's editorial page has laid out its objections to President Bush's commitment last night to increase Iraq troop levels by 21,000. Here's our editorial on what's being called a "surge" in troop strength in Iraq.
This is the first time we have called for a "phased withdrawl" in Iraq. It took a great deal of discussion before our editorial board finally concluded that the Iraq strategy is a failed one. The almost four-year campaign in Iraq has not worked, and there is no indication that adding troops -- at least the number we are adding -- will control the situation or stop the violence. The president said this is a new strategy. Sounds like just more of the same with different packaging.
The Bee's editorial positions are developed by a five-member editorial board made up by Publisher and President Ray Steele; Deputy Editorial Page Editor Russ Minick; Associate Editors Gail Marshall and Lisa Maria Boyles. As editorial page editor, I chair the editorial board.
So what do you think about the president's latest Iraq strategy?