I was logging onto the internet recently and I found this article on Yahoo News from the Associated Press. It involved the movement of about 20,000 more U.S. troops into Baghdad. This was the result of plans announced January 10, 2007 by President Bush. The "Surge Strategy" was also announced at the State of the Union Address.
This strategy is similar to the way that the U.S. dealt with the insurgent stronghold in Fallujah in November-December of 2004. The operation drove the insurgents from this city in central Iraq and turned a terrorist hotbed into a relatively stable city. Hopefully this operation will accomplish the same.
Personally, I think that this should have been tried earlier. An offensive that keeps the terrorists on the run gives them less time to set up ambushes or plan attacks.
This issue is being debated in the House of Representatives today. A resolution has been proposed in the House to oppose the plan set forth by the Bush Administration. What strikes me is the emptiness of the House Chamber on CSPAN on such an important issue. Lawmakers on both sides have harped upon the importance of this issue, and yet they cannot make time to show up to work to debate it. What does that say about our Congress, that they cannot give up part of their weekend to work out a solution to this crisis? I am interested in all opinions on this issue.
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