AliciaF09

War In Iraq- Obam  a

The issues being debated at this point is the war in Iraq. We support Obama's plans and decisions for the matter...
 * Since the war began more than 1,000 American troops have died.
 * The Iraq war has lasted longer than World War I, World War II, and the Civil War.
 * The United States spent $2.7 trillion on this war and its aftermath, yet we are less safe around the globe and more seprated here.
 * In Iraq and Afghanistan more than 1.75 million servicemen and women have served and more than 620,000 troops have fulfilled many deployments.
 * The decision to invade Iraq diverted resources from the war in Afghanistan, making it harder for us to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden and others involved in the 9/11 attacks.

When you put all of these facts together, it seems that we have lost more than we have gained. We lost money, troops, resources, missions to capture threatening terrorists; like Osama Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda. Bush sent these troops in, In hope of eliminating bomb threats and capturing these terrorists and making it safer in Iraq. We have been Iraq since 2003 and planned on staying there for only a short amount of time. We have been there for five years, and that’s enough.

If Obama takes office, Immediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq: ending the war.