Congress Cannot Hamper the Military Forces in Iraq.

U.S. Iraq commander Gen. John Abizaid warned Congress Wednesday not to hamper the military, but added the current situation was not acceptable. "We must significantly increase our ability to help the Iraqi army by putting more American troops with Iraqi units in military transition teams," he said. This is important for many reasons, the U.S. Congress must realize that the Armed Forces are their for a purpose and must not allow politics to get in the way. The constant want for a withdrawal from Iraq by Congress is not going to help the situation. We must help the Iraqi forces and train them so that they can protect their own country and the American forces can come home.

I think steps need to be taken to also work with the new Iraqi Government to take charge over their country. American forces should no longer be the dominate force in the decision making the Iraqi government needs to learn how to control their own country. As well I think that if American Generals feel we can accomplish the task at hand then we should. Until American generals start reporting that we can't win this war or stabilize the country then Congress should support them. We need to do what Donald Rumsfeld should have done at the beginning, listen to the commanders and generals on the ground.