Military Leaders begin to doubt the "Surge" (AKA "The Escalation")

[ck4829]

US MILITARY leaders in Iraq are increasingly convinced that most of the broad political goals President George Bush laid out early this year when he announced his troop build-up will not be met this year and are seeking ways to redefine success.

In September, the top American commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, is scheduled to give Congress an assessment of progress in Iraq.

But military officers in Baghdad and outside advisers working with General Petraeus doubt that the three major goals set by US officials for the Government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will be achieved by then.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/military-leaders-doubtful-about-success-in-iraq/2007/05/29/1180205250303.html

[AzDar]

1. As I gaze into my crystal ball... It's September 2007, and I see..wait, yes, it's Gen. Betraeus

he's saying he 'needs more time to evaluate the success of the surge...'til January of 2009, THEN he'll know'..
Go away, now.
AzDar is spent.
:rofl:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. They just need more troops, money, and..patience. Just like they said they did in Vietnam.

Over and over and over.

[bdamomma]

3. our troops, civilians in Iraq, and the US are in a very bad place now.

can we arrest bush and company now.

[bamacrat]

4. This is officially worse than Vietnam...

Thanks to modern medical technology less of our soldiers have died but we are yet again stuck in a country with no sign of leaving. The American people want us out but the current regime wants to make this his legacy. I always thought a legacy was supposed to be a good thing?

[whistle]

5. Surge timing geared to stealing Iraq's oil interest...Bush wants their oil

....that's the priority...always was and still is now...oil for free...for his Big Oil buddies!