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To all of you who have excoriated President Bush (in the past) for not "listening to the generals", I would like your input on this!
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. military commander warned on Friday against cutting the number of troops in Iraq, saying the Iraqi security force cannot fight on its own and a U.S. reduction would cede progress to the insurgents.
"It would be a mess," said Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of U.S. forces in an area stretching from Baghdad's southern suburbs through a region known as the "Triangle of Death."
He said the additional 30,000 troops sent to Iraq over the past four months had given commanders' the ability to reach areas controlled by insurgents and provide greater security
."If those surge forces go away, that capability goes away. And the Iraqi security forces aren't ready yet to do that," he said, speaking to Washington reporters by video link from Iraq."
So now what you're going to find -- if you did that -- is you'd find the enemy regaining ground, re-establishing a sanctuary, building more IEDs, carrying those IEDs in Baghdad and the violence would escalate," he said, referring to the improvised explosive devices, or roadside bombs, used to deadly effect by insurgents." (emphasis mine)
Discuss at will!
H/T Gary at LFR
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. military commander warned on Friday against cutting the number of troops in Iraq, saying the Iraqi security force cannot fight on its own and a U.S. reduction would cede progress to the insurgents.
"It would be a mess," said Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of U.S. forces in an area stretching from Baghdad's southern suburbs through a region known as the "Triangle of Death."
He said the additional 30,000 troops sent to Iraq over the past four months had given commanders' the ability to reach areas controlled by insurgents and provide greater security
."If those surge forces go away, that capability goes away. And the Iraqi security forces aren't ready yet to do that," he said, speaking to Washington reporters by video link from Iraq."
So now what you're going to find -- if you did that -- is you'd find the enemy regaining ground, re-establishing a sanctuary, building more IEDs, carrying those IEDs in Baghdad and the violence would escalate," he said, referring to the improvised explosive devices, or roadside bombs, used to deadly effect by insurgents." (emphasis mine)
Discuss at will!
H/T Gary at LFR
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