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2007-01-08 Iraq

New US Iraq commander says may need three years

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'll tell you right now, you got 1.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-08 08:11|| 2007-01-08 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 No matter how big a ceremony you have to transfer control - the MSM will squash the story like a bug.

They never have let any signs of real progress be shown back home and they never will.

Posted by CrazyFool 2007-01-08 08:22|| 2007-01-08 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Nor will the US State Department share with you the mindless tribal brutality these Islamic morons are heaping upon themselves, ie, such practices as gutting their murder victims, stuffing them with a dead dogs, and depositing on the doorstep of the deceased. Lovely bunch of folks here, quite lovely.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-01-08 08:30|| 2007-01-08 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Besoeker, at least Saddam's hit men used to have the decency of putting the heads of his victims in plastic bags before depositing them on the doorsteps of the newly bereft. Those were the good old days in Iraq.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-08 09:31|| 2007-01-08 09:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Now if only our troops are allowed to FIGHT, it will work. More and more I'm for pulling all the troops out of Iraq and using them to invade Washington DC.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-01-08 10:54|| 2007-01-08 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 The metrics are important.

If there were dramatically fewer Americans dying and it was a 6 month trend, it would get a fair amount of coverage.

If Tater's milia was actually disarmed, it would get coverage.

If the oil production in Iraq went up by 50% and stayed up, it would get a fair amount of coverage.

If the Iraqi electricity problem were solved, it would get publicity.

However, having the Iraqis take administrative control over this or that isn't going to get much coverage.

Posted by mhw 2007-01-08 11:16|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-08 11:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Might get 3 weeks; esp. if LeftWwingNan gets her way regarding $$ for the cause. I expect the rank and file Dems to fall in place after the minimum required huffing and puffing about not cutting the funds, blah blah.
Might as well start packing your gear, boys. game over.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-08 14:33|| 2007-01-08 14:33|| Front Page Top

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