Moving the bar again: Iraq surge deadline may be too early -US commander

[maddezmom]

Iraq surge deadline may be too early -US commander
More By David Morgan

WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - A September deadline for an official military assessment of President George W. Bush's troop buildup in Iraq could come too early to be a true measure of the strategy, the No. 2 commander in Iraq said on Thursday.

Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno also said the U.S. military hoped to reach cease-fire agreements with Iraqi insurgents, amid concern that violence could flair this summer as the so-called U.S. troop surge reaches its full momentum in Baghdad.

The top U.S. operational commander in Iraq told reporters that the full impact of the surge will likely come in August -- a month before the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, is to report on the effects of the 30,000-troop buildup aimed at securing Baghdad.

The September report is widely viewed as a watershed for the unpopular U.S.-led war, with Democrats and some Republicans saying they could back a troop withdrawal absent evidence of progress.

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[AndyA]

1. Who could have possibly predicted this! And just a week after the latest

emergency funding.

The question is: Will the spineless, weak-kneed Dems in Congress bite again?

[MUAD_DIB]

2. Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!

I can hear it now.

"Nobody could have predicted that we would have to move the timetable..."