Fear the Neo-con Approach

May 2007 was the third-deadliest month for American troops in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, and the casualties reported over in the past few days indicate that the insurgency shows no sign of abating.

Powell Says U.S. Losing in Iraq, Calls for Drawdown by Mid-2007

By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer

Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said yesterday that the United States is losing what he described as a "civil war" in Iraq and that he is not persuaded that an increase in U.S. troops there would reverse the situation. Instead, he called for a new strategy that would relinquish responsibility for Iraqi security to the government in Baghdad sooner rather than later, with a U.S. drawdown to begin by the middle of next year.

Who are these neo-cons and hyper-Christians who continue to support this debacle?