U.S.+Deployment

=Number of U.S. Troops in Iraq to Increase= Iraq War Branden

President Bush asked the newly acquired secretary of defense, [|Robert Gates], to develop plans to [|increase the number of U.S. troops] in [|Iraq]. At an interview taken from the [|Washington Post], President Bush stated "I'm inclined to believe that we do need to increase our troops". This interview was the first time the President acknowledged that the U.S. forces were not winning the war. The comments also come amid increasing warnings from officials and experts that the U.S. military is stretched too thin to cope with the stresses of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "It is an accurate reflection that this ideological war we're in is going to last for a while, and that we're going to need a military that's capable of being able to sustain our efforts and to help us achieve peace," Bush told the Post.



The deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq is the prime reason for the unpopularity of President Bush and our continuing involvment in the war. As America's four year anniversary in Iraq makes it's turning point, President Bush plans on increasing the number of troops in Iraq. This action shows that the war in Iraq is not going as planned and we are going to be there for a longer time. A [|CNN] poll, found that support for the president's handling of Iraq has sunk to an all-time low, from 34 percent in mid-October to 28 percent. A record 70 percent said they disapproved of his war management.

Come 2008, when it is time to vote for a new president, Bush will not be able to run after already serving two terms. Whoever America decides to elect, will find him or herself in a deep hole dug by current President Bush. If the new President does not have the same policies as Bush has on the war, then everything that President Bush is doing today will be useless. President Bush's current plan is a long term device. However, it is very unpopular. So the new President may want to go with what the most popular decision is. That decision may be evacuating American troops from Iraq.