Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

August 8, 2007

A report from the Government Accountability Office warns that the Pentagon has lost track of about 190,000 assault rifles and pistols that were given to Iraqi security personnel in 2004 and 2005. The report concludes that the effort to train and equip Iraqi security forces was rushed and haphazard. The program was led by General David Petraeus, who is now in overall command of US troops in Iraq.

At least some of the missing weaponry is being used by Iraqi insurgents to attack and kill US soldiers.

Gen. Petraeus is now presiding over another effort to build Iraqi security forces. This time, there is no doubt that the US is putting weapons in the hands of insurgents. Supposedly moderate elements within the Sunni Muslim community are being recruited as security contractors. However, some of them are believed to have links to al-Qaeda in Iraq.

How much more of this insanity will we permit before demanding that we bring our troops home?

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.