While We Talk About Changing Course

While we talk about changing course, Iraq continues to fall into chaos...

While we talk about changing course, people die.

From The Guardian:

Ten bodies of Shias were dumped at the bus station in Baquba, the provincial capital, last Tuesday, as a warning to the whole community. A few days earlier 20 Kurds were killed. On Wednesday the Iraqi army found 28 unidentified bodies in a mass grave just south of the town...

Just arrived from Baquba and too afraid to give her name, she said: "People come in the night and write on the house wall, 'leave, you are Shia, you are unbelievers'. There was shelling, bombing, people slaughtered in front of our house. US helicopters were hovering all the time. We couldn't go out to buy food."

While we talk about changing course, the situation only continues to worsen. While we talk about changing course, our troops encounter immense violence. While we talk about changing course, the people continue to be frightened at the thought of stepping outside of home.

From Reuters AlertNet:

BAGHDAD - Police said they found 48 bodies with gunshot wounds and signs of torture in different areas of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds fell on western Baghdad's mainly Sunni Adil district, wounding four people, police said. A witness said eight mortar rounds landed, including several that hit a mosque and wounded five worshippers. The Interior Ministry said clashes later erupted between residents and Shi'ite militiamen. There were no immediate reports of casualties

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed during combat in Baghdad on Dec. 3, the U.S. military said in a statement.

ISKANDARIYA - A bomb inside a shop killed its owner and three others and wounded 12 in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A bomb inside a shop killed its owner and three others and wounded 12 in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

(This is only a sample of all the violence that has happened today.)

While we only talk about changing course, we continue to contribute to the living hell that is Iraq today. Today, the Iraq Study Group released its report on what to do about Iraq. Personally, I hope that the White House starts that recommended diplomatic offensive soon. I hope that when the Democrats take control of Congress next month, that they try to work with the White House to end this war... While I may be hoping in vain, I nevertheless hope that the White House actually is seriously considering implementing the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. Enough of our brave troops have died for this "foreign policy mistake". Enough Iraqi people have died because of this "fiasco".



Enough is enough... Let's get moving, and end this war.