Guradian: UK and US must admit defeat

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UK and US must admit defeat and leave Iraq, says British general

A retired British army general says Iraq's insurgents are justified in opposing the occupation, arguing that the US and its allies should "admit defeat" and leave Iraq before more soldiers are killed.

General Sir Michael Rose told the BBC's Newsnight programme: "It is the soldiers who have been telling me from the frontline that the war they have been fighting is a hopeless war, that they cannot possibly win it and the sooner we start talking politics and not military solutions, the sooner they will come home and their lives will be preserved."

Asked if that meant admitting defeat, the general replied: "Of course we have to admit defeat. The British admitted defeat in north America and the catastrophes that were predicted at the time never happened.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2071841,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. It's the elephant in the room that all the politicians are trying ignore.

[Rydz777]

2. I don't care what we admit

The important thing is not the verbiage. The important thing is to bring the troops home NOW, and I'm becoming increasingly discouraged that the Democratic Leadership is going to cave in to the Decider. The talk is now about "Benchmarks" which are a fraud that will permit Bush to string this disaster out longer, more deaths, more maiming.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Defeat in Iraq. Stolen elections, our country can't come to terms with these facts.

But we had better wake up soon. Time to impeach and imprison...before it is really too late.