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How many times is President Bush going to repackage the same ideas and strategies about the War in Iraq and try to sell it to the American people? I read the title to an article on the website for the BBC, and my jaw nearly hit the floor. "US chief seeks new tack on Iraq", the title said. I almost jumped up and danced about the room. I thought that President Bush had finally admitted to being wrong about Iraq, and I thought that maybe, just maybe, he was going to change his policy.

No such luck, however. The article goes on to read: "President George W Bush's nominee to be the new commander of US military forces in the Middle East has called for a 'new and different' approach in Iraq." Basically, President Bush is merely renovating an old car that was a terrible piece of machinery before it even left the factory.

Admiral William Fallon, Bush's nominee to take control in Iraq, didn't actually say what was going to change under his command. He merely pointed out the obvious that has been pointed out time after repetitious time: "What we have been doing has not been working."

According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom just returned from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, there isn't any sign of U.S. progress in either region, and there doesn't seem to be any kind of resolution in sight. With statements like this floating around, why does President Bush insist that the War in Iraq is the answer?

Obviously, straight-up physical confrontation and man power aren't accomplishing anything on their own. What needs to be done now is a combination of political healing of peace/religious talks along with the brute force of the most advanced military in the world. There are several strategies out there for the resolution of Iraq that are very workable. Barack Obama is at the center of one of them.

Obama's idea is that there should be a forcing, by law, of redeployment of the troops into three key areas: home back to the United States, countries around Iraq, and to Afghanistan. Obama didn't, however, want to put a cap on spending. In his reasoning, all that will happen if funding is cut is that the same number of troops will go but with poor equipment.

Whether it be Barack, Hillary, or any other person, the plan in Iraq needs a more drastic change than a change of commander. Nice try, Bush. Better luck next time.

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