More troops are no answer

It has been said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This can justifiably be said of the Bush administration's call for more troops in Iraq. What will more troops do now that more troops could not do earlier? This administration entered the conflict with what many knowledgeable people said were too few troops. Now, when the conflict is hopelessly lost, they decide it is time for more troops. History shows that more troops in a hopeless situation is no answer. The only thing that will be accomplished by bringing more troops to the situation is more casualties. Are there not enough people left in America who can remember Vietnam? Do we have to kill 58,000 American soldiers before we see the hopelessness of this total fiasco? Is President Bush's ego that important that we must sacrifice thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousand of Iraqi people? Wake up, America, and read your history books. Gary Williams, Bridgeton - Atlantic City Press, January 5, 2007