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May 18, 2005
Why is This Not a Surprise?
In interviews and briefings on Wednesday, the generals pulled back from recent suggestions, including some by the same officers, that positive trends in Iraq could allow a drawdown in the 138,000 American troops late this year or early in 2006. One senior officer suggested Wednesday that American military involvement could last "many years."Gen. John P. Abizaid, the top American officer in the Middle East, said in a briefing in Washington that one problem was the disappointing progress in developing Iraqi paramilitary police units cohesive enough to mount an effective challenge to insurgents and allow American forces to begin stepping back from the fighting. President Bush, in a speech on Wednesday evening in Washington, called for patience in assessing Iraq's progress toward democracy. [From New York Times May 19, 2005]
It seems that everyone who has read the news and thought about this at all has known for a long time what the generals "in theater" and the President are just now finding out. Or is this somehow preparing us for the next round of propaganda or even the draft.
Posted by Duane Smith at May 18, 2005 8:04 PM | Read more on Current Events |
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