This just in from Middle East Newsline:
"U.S. MILITARY SAID TO HAVE LOST IRAQ"
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States was deemed as unable to win the insurgency war in Iraq.
A report by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies asserted that the United States no longer has a military solution for Iraq. Authored by Anthony Cordesman, the report said any U.S. military solution would result in massive civilian casualties and collateral damage and fail to end the Shi'ite or Sunni insurgency.
"The U.S. can of course defeat the Iraqis," the report said. "However, any military solution is now likely to be the kind of 'victory' that creates a new firestorm over excessive force, civilian casualties, and collateral damage. At the same time, the U.S. cannot hope to kill or arrest all of the Sunni and foreign insurgents that exist now and is almost certain to create far more than it destroys."
The report discussed Iranian-backed cleric Moqtada Sadr, head of the Mahdi Army, and warned against any U.S. attempt to assassinate him. The killing of Sadr, the report said, would create a martyr that would push Shi'ites into an alliance with the Sunnis in a development that would ensure nationwide resistance.
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editor@menewsline.comI don't know what is going on but apparently David Booth of
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com inform James McCanney of some event and that was what was supposed to be posted on James' website, but the message was distorted some how.
Got me what's going on, but I live 50 miles outside of Chicago so me ears are open.