Rumsfeld says US has enough forces in Iraq

[kayell]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ft/20031103/bs_ft/1066565552141

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Donald Rumsfeld, US defence secretary, told ABC television that Sunday had been a "tragic day" and added: "In a long, hard war we are going to have tragic days. The work in Iraq is difficult. It is tough. It is going to take time."


Nonetheless, US commanders believe that the casualties are sustainable. Speaking before Sunday's helicopter attack, Lieutenant General Richard Sanchez, the commander of US forces in the country, described the surge in violence since the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan as "strategically and operationally insignificant".

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[Don_G]

2. Rummy Can Say A Lot Of Things

And his Generals can state other opinions.

I wonder how each and every GI returning home in a body bag at midnight feels about being "operationally and stratigellacy" insignificant?

[karlschneider]

3. Actually, they are just a very few short....

Rummy, Condi, Shrub, DeLay, Wolfie, Cheney to name a few need to get their fat asses over there to lead the charge against TERISTS...
(feel free to add to the list)
:grr:

[qanda]

4. Don't they need at least 35 more from today's toll alone

For the sake of all that's good, at least own up to the fact that our boys and girls are dying and being wounded.

[bluestateguy]

6. Who would say that MORE troops is the answer?

It would seem to me that that would just mean more troops for the resistance to blow up.

[DUreader]

7. Joe Biden said that, for 1

Others are saying the same