Bellarmine speaks on the new plan for Iraq
Tabitha Hodges
Issue date: 1/25/07 Section: News
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On Jan. 10 President Bush addressed the nation saying, "It is clear we need to change our strategy in Iraq."
The plan, he explained, would include the deployment of more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, specifically to the Baghdad and Anbar province regions. Bush will also request a budget of $5.6 billion for this strategy, as reported by CNN.com. One of the goals of the new plan is to increase Iraqi security and promote Iraq's economy with a new law that would share oil profits among different Iraqi groups and regions.
At Bellarmine, the war seems as if it could not be farther from students daily lives among the hills. Even though the campus is not overly political, there are many students with strong opinions about the war. Many seemed to think Bush's new plan is only "dragging the war on," like Peter Golemboski, 19, who thinks "…we should've pulled out a while ago." The president of the Bellarmine University Democrats, Katie Jimenez, says, "I can't speak for all Democrats, but I am opposed to the new acceleration of troops in to Iraq."
While some students are against the war, there are still students standing behind the president. Erin Carr, member and soon to be president of the Bellarmine Republicans, feels that Bush is doing a good job commenting that, "As the Commander in Chief, the president is doing what he feels right to win the war." Current president of the Bellarmine Republicans, Joseph Esch, could not be reached for a comment by press time.
The only thing that can be agreed on is that it will be some time before there is a complete resolution to the war in Iraq. To find out more about President Bush's new strategy in Iraq, visit www.cnn.com and www.youtube.com to replay President Bush's speech.
The plan, he explained, would include the deployment of more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq, specifically to the Baghdad and Anbar province regions. Bush will also request a budget of $5.6 billion for this strategy, as reported by CNN.com. One of the goals of the new plan is to increase Iraqi security and promote Iraq's economy with a new law that would share oil profits among different Iraqi groups and regions.
At Bellarmine, the war seems as if it could not be farther from students daily lives among the hills. Even though the campus is not overly political, there are many students with strong opinions about the war. Many seemed to think Bush's new plan is only "dragging the war on," like Peter Golemboski, 19, who thinks "…we should've pulled out a while ago." The president of the Bellarmine University Democrats, Katie Jimenez, says, "I can't speak for all Democrats, but I am opposed to the new acceleration of troops in to Iraq."
While some students are against the war, there are still students standing behind the president. Erin Carr, member and soon to be president of the Bellarmine Republicans, feels that Bush is doing a good job commenting that, "As the Commander in Chief, the president is doing what he feels right to win the war." Current president of the Bellarmine Republicans, Joseph Esch, could not be reached for a comment by press time.
The only thing that can be agreed on is that it will be some time before there is a complete resolution to the war in Iraq. To find out more about President Bush's new strategy in Iraq, visit www.cnn.com and www.youtube.com to replay President Bush's speech.
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