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2005-08-24 Iraq-Jordan

US general sees significant withdrawal in Iraq (here we go again)

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Posted by Captain America 2005-08-24 18:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Schoomaker and Lute are both right. The troops are going to leave Iraq in route to Iran. But it really sounds like Lute is full of wishfull thinking.

Posted by 49 pan">49 pan 2005-08-24 19:35|| 2005-08-24 19:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Last week, Gen Peter Schoomaker, US army chief of staff, said his office was planning for the possibility that troop levels could be maintained until 2009. But Maj Gen Lute said such a worst-case scenario was unlikely.

Can't this guy keep his "appraisals" to himself and let the Joint Chiefs make the statements?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-24 21:37|| 2005-08-24 21:37|| Front Page Top

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