Weekly Editorial - December 22, 2005
1. What is the issue of this commentary?
2. What does Senator Lieberman give as the main reason for keeping our troops in Iraq?
3. What facts about the Iraqis themselves support the argument for keeping our troops in Iraq?
4. Opponents of the Iraq war say that the U.S. has no plan for winning. How does Senator Lieberman describe the U.S.'s plan for victory in Iraq?
5. Senator Lieberman also addresses the issue of mistakes made by the U.S. government and military in Iraq. How does he address this issue?
6. Democrat Rep. John Murtha called on the U.S. to withdraw our troops from Iraq at the same time that Senator Lieberman urged "our troops must stay." The media featured Rep. Murtha's comments, but ignored Sen. Lieberman's remarks. (For the full report, click here.)
Both Congressmen are Democrats. Sen. Lieberman is a well-known politician, and a former presidential nominee. Rep. Murtha is a Vietnam veteran with a distinguished 37 year career in the Marines.
-Why you think the media ignored Sen. Lieberman's strong support for keeping the troops in Iraq, but featured Rep. Murtha's comments that we should withdraw the troops?
**To email Sen. Lieberman your thoughts on his article, go to his website here.
**To read Rep. Murtha's bio, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Murtha.