Andy Ostroy Is Back With "How Many Soldiers Have to Die...?"

[Ed. note: Welcome back, Andy. You were missed. Your wife, Adrienne Shelly, from all I knew of/about her was extremely talented and I am so sorry for your loss.]

Despite his great loss with the terribly senseless murder of his wife, Andy Ostroy of The Ostroy Report is back in blogtopia (a/k/a the blogosphere according to Skippy) with his reaction to Bush's "surge" plans that began last month (we now know):

Does this maniacal war-monger really think that by sending 20,000 more troops we'll be getting any closer to achieving our long-range goals in that country (whatever the hell those goals are)? That we'll secure Baghdad? That we'll regain control of the Sunni Triangle and send a strong message to Muqtada Al Sadr's al Mahdi army and other Shiite militia that Democracy will prevail? Of course not. Just like every other time the U.S. intensified its military efforts. This is a country that mocks the U.S. A country led by a defiant Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who's made it clear he's running the country, not Bush. A country that punished it's former torturous dictator by hastily hanging him and taunting him. They've clearly come a long way, huh? Un-Curious George should be proud of the thriving Democracy he's created.

With Iraq already mired in large-scale civil war, the last thing we should be doing is sending more young men and women to die in Bush's quagmire. It's pathetic the level of denial our president is in. And if it's not denial, it's something worse: intentionally ignoring the facts on the ground, choosing to send soldiers to die because he can't stomach the thought of losing. Well, some battles are won and some are lost. And this one's over. Someone needs to stop this maniac before he kills again and again and again.