Jan 10 2008
Let’s Not Forget What the Real Goals of the Troop Surge In Iraq Were
It seems you can’t open up a paper anymore without hearing about how “successful the surge” is in Iraq.
A year ago, the President outlined the goals of the surge:
“So America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has announced.
To establish its authority, the Iraqi government plans to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq’s provinces by November. To give every Iraqi citizen a stake in the country’s economy, Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis. To show that it is committed to delivering a better life, the Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects that will create new jobs. To empower local leaders, Iraqis plan to hold provincial elections later this year. And to allow more Iraqis to re-enter their nation’s political life, the government will reform de-Baathification laws, and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq’s constitution.” - GWB, Jan 10, 2007
It’s now a year later and nearly 1,000 U.S. service personal have lost their lives since that speech. Has anything the President outlined a year ago actually happened?
