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September 11, 2007
The Petraeus report
The long-awaited report by the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, was largely a stay-the-course, things-could-be-worse report, with no real call for any troop withdrawals before summer 2008, and those mostly limited to the ones added by the "surge" from earlier this year.
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The success they are talking about is in a portion of Iraq that at best holds 10% of the population.
Posted by: Michael Stein at September 14, 2007 1:05 PMHi Michael, I see you've returned.
And our success seems to be only by virtue of force, while we're there in a given place. If our troops move elsewhere, then wherever we vacate is likely to return to chaos.
Posted by: Steve Greenberg at September 17, 2007 9:09 AMAnd, now Bush wants us to stay in Iraq forever...citing Korea, an area where we are still at war (technically).
I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
Bush's exit strategy is to retire to his Crawford, Texas Ranch and leave the dirty work (Iraq and bin Laden) to his succesor. It's a shame that he does have enough veto-sustaining votes in Congress to succeed.
And, once again, we Americans are asked to wait 6 more months. Always 6 more months.
Posted by: Shaver One at September 11, 2007 11:53 AM