Soldiers In Iraq: Troop Surge Is A Lost Cause

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    Army 1st Lt. Antonio Hardy: "To be honest, it's going to be like this for a long time to come, no matter what we do. I think some people in America don't want to know about all this violence, about all the killings. The people back home are shielded from it; they get it sugar-coated."

    Sgt. 1st Class Herbert Gill: "What is victory supposed to look like? Every time we turn around and go in a new area there's somebody new waiting to kill us. Sunnis and Shiites have been fighting for thousands of years, and we're not going to change that overnight."

"Once more raids start happening, they'll (insurgents) melt away. And then two or three months later, when we leave and say it was a success, they'll come back."

The problem, many soldiers say, is that as long as the majority of Iraqis oppose the presence of American troops, a trend that's only accelerated since the 2003 invasion, no amount of bullets or bodies will solve the problem.

   Pvt. 1st Class Zach Clouser:"We can go get into a firefight and empty out ammo, but it doesn't accomplish much. This isn't our war - we're just in the middle."    Common Dreams 

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