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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-10-06 06:00 PM
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NYT: Pentagon to Review Its Strategy in Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/washington/11militarycnd.html?hp&ex=1163221200&en=c7d7e9182f360bcd&ei=5094&partner=homepage

The Pentagon’s top general said today that military leaders are taking a hard look at its successes and failures in Iraq. But the White House said its definition of success in Iraq has not changed.

“We have to give ourselves a good honest scrub about what is working and what is not working, what are the impediments to progress and what should we change about the way we are doing it to make sure that we get to the objective that we set for ourselves,” Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview on the CBS “Early Show.”

He said Gen. George Casey, the top commander in Iraq, and Gen. John Abizaid, head of the United States Central Command, were working on the review.

General Pace said the impending departure of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, announced a day after Congressional elections that have been widely viewed as a repudiation of the Bush administration’s Iraq policy, will not have a direct bearing on changes.

Asked in another interview, on MSNBC, if the United States was winning in Iraq, the general replied: “You have to define winning. I don’t mean to be glib about that. Winning to me is simply having each of the nations that we’re trying to help have a secure environment inside of which their government and their people can function.”

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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-10-06 06:04 PM
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1. if we are seeing the results of their strategy then they should all resign now.
and refund us for their back pay for 3 years.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-10-06 06:08 PM
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2. Yeah that might be a good idea.
Time to fire the neocon ass-kissers and appoint qualified officers.

It's always the Democrats who clean up the republican disasters.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-10-06 06:14 PM
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3. A lot of the good generals and officers resigned
so they could be free to speak out against this bunch. Pace for being a Marine is a real disappointment - he truly was Rummy's parrot.
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lanlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-11-06 04:50 AM
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4. great
and then the Pentagon will send taxpayers a $200 billion bill to make the changes.
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