Midterms in 13 days. "Iraqis could take over in a year." REMARKABLE!

[Human Torch]

The timing of this is, oh, I dunno...how do the French say it...INCROYABLE???



Iraqis could take over in year, general says

ALAN FREEMAN

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061025.IRAQUS25/TPStory/TPInternational/America/

WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. general in Iraq predicted yesterday that Iraqi security forces will be ready to take over full control of their country within 12 to 18 months as part of a complex timetable for progress being worked on with the Iraqi government.

With less than two weeks to go before the tightly fought U.S. midterm election in which the deteriorating situation in Iraq is the main issue, General George Casey attempted to reassure Americans that the situation was under control, despite the continued bloodshed.

Together with Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Gen. Casey outlined to a Baghdad news conference a proposed timetable aimed at achieving specific "political and security milestones" on the road to transferring responsibility to Iraqi authorities.

"We are about 75 per cent of the way through a three-step process in building those forces," Gen. Casey said. "And it's going to take another 12 to 18 months or so until I believe the Iraqi security forces are completely capable of taking over responsibility for their own security." However, he quickly added that even then, the Iraqis will still probably require "some level of support from us."

[Kutjara]

1. About the same time we start seeing...

...the first squadrons of porcine aviators patroling the skies of America's cities.

[dollydew]

2. Iraqis been there done that

Didn't they say the same a year ago?:wtf:

[Lasher]

3. I figure the Iraqis will take over sooner than that

But not in the way Junior has in mind.

[sendero]

4. The sad thing..

... is that there are so many stupid people who will actually believe this. Even after they have missed milestone after milestone after milestone.

[July]

5. Exactly. Weren't we supposed to be down to around 100,000 soldiers in Iraq by now?

Instead the number is going up.

And from the media . . . crickets.