Democratic presidential nominee Senator Hillary Clinton launched a vicious attack on President George W. Bush on Monday due to what she called his "failed policy" in Iraq, saying that the U.S cant win the war there even if it had "hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground for 100 years." Both President Bush and Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain "want to keep us tied to another country's civil war, a war we cannot win. We can have hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground for 100 years, but that will not change the fact that there is no military solution to the situation in Iraq," Clinton said during a speech at George Washington University.
"The strength of our military is at stake. Only one of our army brigades is certified by the army to be ready. Our armed forces are stretched to near the breaking point with many of our troops on their second, third, or fourth tours of duty," she added.
Clinton warned that the long-term costs of the war in Iraq could exceed USE one trillion giving "the long-term costs of replacing equipment and providing medical care for troops and survivors' benefits for their families." "Despite the evidence, President Bush is determined to continue his failed policy in Iraq until he leaves office. And Senator McCain will gladly accept the torch and stay the course, keeping troops in Iraq for up to 100 years if necessary," she said Clinton continued her criticism for the Administrations strategy in Iraq saying that it failed to achieve its main goal yet.
"President Bush points to the reduction in violence in Iraq last year and claims the surge is working. But the point of the surge was to give the Iraqis the time and space for political reconciliation. Yet today, the Iraqi government has failed to provide basic services for its citizens. They have yet to pass legislation ensuring the equitable distribution of oil revenues, yet even to pass a law setting the date of provincial elections," she said.
"Corruption and dysfunction is rampant in Iraq, and last week General Petraeus himself conceded that no one, in either the U.S. government or the Iraqi government, feels that there has been sufficient progress by any means in the area of national reconciliation," Clinton added.
Clintons remarks come while Vice President Dick Cheney started a surprised visit to Iraq on Monday during a tour in the Middle East.
Clintons rival Senator McCain is visiting Iraq too where he applauded the U.S strategy there saying that the surge is succeeding.
