False Statement

President Bush claimed that if he were to disengage from the war then it would defeat the morale of the troops. His exact words were “It is important for every American to understand the consequences of pulling out of Iraq before our work is done. … We would undermine the morale of our troops by betraying the cause for which they have sacrificed.” This statement is false because after many soldiers were interviewed, their response to what Bush said was the complete opposite. One made a statement disagreeing with President Bush’s false statement about the US forces mission in Iraq not being completed. He said “What the troops get disappointed [about] is they don’t have the equipment they need, they didn’t have enough troops when they went to Iraq in the first place, and inadequate forces to transition to peace. That’s the thing to demoralize them. …The military has accomplished its mission, done everything we asked them to do. Nation building is not part of the mission a military does well.” So basically the troops feel as if their mission in Iraq is complete and by no means will pulling them out of the war in Iraq “undermine their morale.”