Tom Vilsack Opposes Troop 'Surge'

Gov. Tom Vilsack opposes President Bush's escalation of the Bush/Cheney war in Iraq. Here's the story from Thomas Beaumonth of the Des Moines Register:

Departing Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack used his final condition of the state speech today to condemn the Bush administration's plan to send as many as 20,000 additional troops to Iraq.

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"Understand that escalation will come at the expense of families and communities here in iowa and across the nation."

Vilsack also urged the [Iowa] Legislature, with new Democrat majorities in both houses, to pass resolutions condemning Bush's plan.

Step by step, President Bush's fiasco in Iraq is becoming a bipartisan concern. Bush's refusal to heed the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group is not a good sign. His escalation, 'troop surge,' more of the same, business as usual, call it what you will, simply continues the fiasco that began four years ago in the White House with a decision to launch a war the United States did not need. There are indications, in fact, that Bush's blunders may continue all the way to the first days of the next president. It's good to see Gov. Vilsack taking a stand. He needs to do more to make himself a viable candidate but he's moving in the right direction.