Russ Feingold: “the Senate has spent little time in recent weeks discussing Iraq, but we cannot ignore the latest grim news from this…”

“the Senate has spent little time in recent weeks discussing Iraq, but we cannot ignore the latest grim news from this misguided war. The Associated Press reported this week that 2007 is now the deadliest year in Iraq for U.S. troops--even though we still have almost 2 months of this year remaining. According to a recent Associated Press count at least 3,858 Americans have been killed and 28,385 Americans have been wounded in Iraq. We are fast approaching two very grim milestones--4,000 killed and 30,000 casualties. I grieve for those who are lost and wounded, and I am all the more determined that no more of our brave men and women should be killed in a war that has no end in sight and is not making our country safer. The American people are not fooled by these claims of success. They know all too well that the President's policies are simply buying time, and they continue to reject them.”