6 Months more, 6 months more, 6 months ....ad infinitum


	6 Months more, 6 months more, 6 months ....ad infinitum

papananook

1-23-2008 12:37 PM

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papananook says:

Why can't they just declare victory, have a freakin' parade and bring 'em home? Oh, yeah...The USA's OIL buried under their sand

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In the past few months, conservatives such as Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) have been quick to declare victory in Iraq. In November, McCain said that "<A href="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/28/iraq-violence-not-success/">we've succeeded militarily</A>." A day later, Lieberman declared that "we are winning" because "we have made progress" in "one of the most remarkable turnarounds in modern military history."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/74673/"><P>Gen. David Petraeus, however, appeared on NBC this morning and rebutted the declarations of mission accomplished and said that he'll need at least another <A href="http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_05_21_atrios_archive.html#114826445526365297">Friedman Unit</A> before he can make a judgment:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/74673/"><BLOCKQUOTE>We think <B>we won't know that we've reached a turning point until we're six months past it</B>. We have repeatedly said that there is no lights at the end of the tunnel that we're seeing. We're certainly not dancing in the end zone or anything like that. </BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/74673/"><DIV class="teaserleft">
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