Venetians in the Street - sound off on Iraq


This month’s question from the Beachhead’s Rex Butters:
What do you think of the proposed “Troop Surge” for Iraq?

Maury Ruano;

We just had the elections, and we had big changes in both Congress and the Senate. The main point that the people were trying to get across was that we’re uncomfortable with the situation in Iraq. We wanted a shift in policy. So, sending more troops to Iraq, I think, is Bush’s personal agenda to say, “I’m still in power and I don’t care about what people have said about what’s going on.” It wasn’t working before, I don’t think an increase in 20,000 troops is going to help anything.

Glen Ashley:

I’m completely against it. I don’t know what we’re fighting for. He talks about victory, I don’t know what victory represents when it’s a war of ideology. I’m completely against it. I’m appalled by the thought of more young American men and women losing their lives in that situation.

Magali Gajan:

It’s silly, it’s very silly. It’s like he’s out of his mind, and people believing it’s going to be better, they are wrong. They are totally wrong. What he is doing now is the worst thing he can do.

Anthony Williams:

Personally, I feel we have far more important issues out here in the United States, where we need more people out here to deal with the internal affairs, than going into Iraq to deal with the issues of another country.

Wally Ball:

I’m against that. There’s too many people dying over there, young kids losing their lives. I don’t go for that.

Sharon Hays:

It’s outrageous, it’s even more outrageous. Al Gore was absolutely right. I teach college students. All of them are completely immune from this. They have no sense that this is their future. The wealthy, affluent, and middle class college-bound American kids are immune from this. What this means is, the wealthy politicians in Washington sending off poor and working class kids to go get killed or get their heads screwed up for the rest of their lives.

Posted: Thu - February 1, 2007 at 10:25 AM          


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