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Wednesday night there will be a speech from the president on Iraq. The question that is being asked by the media is will the number of troops in Iraq be increased or not and if so by how many will the number be increased? I feel troop increase has to be done at this time for many reasons but mainly to change momentum. There is a stalemate atmosphere that permeates Baghdad at this time. Bring in more US troops and also increase the number of Iraqi troops as well and start to utilize the power which our troops can produce. Clear and hold areas as quickly as possible with Iraqi troops in the lead as much as possible.

Here is the latest line from Pelosi and company. Bush said he would listen to the generals on the ground about the size of the force needed in Iraq. The generals don't want more troops, so why doesn't Bush listen to the generals? Here is the reason. Everyone has been saying Bush needed to change course and stop being hardheaded. The Iraq study group said there needed to be a change because what was going on in Iraq was not working. What was not working was the plans the current generals had in place for the last couple years. Remeber in the past Pelosi has also said that we need more troops in Iraq as well.

George Bush listened to a lot of folks and has come to realize that his "stay the course" was not working. The president heard the message and has decided to change this, "stay the course plan", and his new generals also believe this stay the course plan needs changing. I hope his new course is to increase the number of troops in Iraq and give the new generals a chance to implement their new plans. The opposition continues to pummel the president and Bush is, "be damned if he does and be damned if he doesn't". There are other plans for helping with job opportunities, getting the Iraq goverenment to involve all in the oil sharing and other plans as well.

This may or may not work according to plans but regardless we must not let this war end by us walking out of Iraq and breaking our commitment to the Iraqi people. There is a group of people in Iraq that are torn by what they hear from the news media. They hear the US will pull out and leave it to their new government before they are ready. Lots of the people there sit on the fence and are afraid if they go to the side of the new government and then the US leaves again that, they will be targets of the terrorists and sectarian violence because of their choosing to become involved in helping the US. These are a people that have lived under such violence so long that, their will perhaps is not strong enough yet so we must not give the impression that we will leave them stranded. We can do this if we do not lose our nerve and present a strong united front to those we struggle with and those we struggle against during this perilous time.