So today, W. said, "I want to defeat the terrorists. And I want our troops to come home. But I don't want them to come home without having achieved victory." But 31 months (yes, that's right, two years and seven months) ago, he said, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.... Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home. That is your direction tonight."
I'm so confused.
I'm so confused.
posted by Chris at 12:59 AM
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From an article in this month's Atlantic:
"America's hopes today for an orderly exit from Iraq depend completely on the emergence of a viable Iraqi security force. All current indications suggest that no such viable Iraqi security force is about to emerge."
"Last summer Marine General Peter Pace said that three Iraqi units had reached the 'fully capable' level. In September the US military commander in Iraq, Army General George Casey, lowered that estimate to one."
"All indications from the home front were that training Iraqis had become a boring issue. Donald Rumsfeld, according to those around him, was bored by Iraq in general and this tedious process in particular."
Magic 8-ball says,"outlook not good."
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