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To: LTK007 who wrote (73763)	1/12/2007 4:49:39 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

January 10, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement in response to the President's speech about increasing troop levels in Iraq: "...Tonight, against all military advice to the contrary, the President announced his intention to plunge us ever deeper into the quagmire of Iraq. I have no doubt that the President is sincere in believing that his strategy is the right one. But escalation has already been tried and it has already failed, because no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war. The President offered no evidence that more troops would force the warring factions toward the necessary political settlement, and attached no consequences should the Iraqis fail to make progress. As his own military commanders have said, escalation only prevents the Iraqis from taking more responsibility for their own future. I opposed giving the President the broad, open-ended authority to wage this war in 2002 partly because I feared we would arrive at this point - a point where the ideological pursuit of an ill-defined victory would overwhelm the reality of the facts on the ground. Now it is our brave men and women in uniform, along with their families, who will be asked to bear the burden of this mistake - a mistake that I and others will actively oppose in the days to come. We must not risk more American lives in service of a failed policy, but do what's necessary to force a political settlement in Iraq so that we can bring our troops home and redouble our nation's efforts in the wider struggle against terrorism..." Source: Senator Barack Obama