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2008-05-25 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 One thing Petraeus finally cut down on has been the court-marshalling of so many troops. That has dropped dramatically this year, so I may finnaly be fully in his corner now.

Posted by www 2008-05-25 00:48|| 2008-05-25 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I'll bet that on that day:

Hillary will be too busy campaigning to be able to show up to gently probe the good general's grasp of reality.

Pelosi will be too busy trying on scarfs for her next meddlesome foreign policy expedition to the mideast.

Reid suddenly can't show up because he decided the day before that there's no time like the present to get himself checked for polyps in his colon.

And of course Ted (PBUH) will too busy confronting reality to be able to immerse himself in his usual subversion.

Posted by gorb 2008-05-25 03:15|| 2008-05-25 03:15|| Front Page Top

#3 One thing Petraeus finally cut down on has been the court-marshalling of so many troops.

A drop in courts martial isn't due to new policy, www - it's the result of clear and focused ROEs with a different operational goal than our troops had to sustain earlier.

A Good Thing, to be sure.

Posted by lotp 2008-05-25 07:56|| 2008-05-25 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 lotp, is a comparison or an article talking about the comparison of ROEs available?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-05-25 08:12|| 2008-05-25 08:12|| Front Page Top

#5 I'll bet that on that day:

I bet that even at this moment the usual suspects are spending their time sharping their blades, figuratively, to put in his back at the earliest moment. To them it's a zero sum game and their politicing has placed them many levels down in the presence of real human leadership. Something they don't like and will react in the most ungracious manner. Lean and hungry men they be.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-05-25 08:48|| 2008-05-25 08:48|| Front Page Top

#6 NS, I'll have to see if I can find something in the open press about it.

Posted by lotp 2008-05-25 19:21|| 2008-05-25 19:21|| Front Page Top

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