Posted on 08/27/2006 1:09:56 PM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2006 – Despite a recent increase in violence in Baghdad, Iraq is not on a path toward civil war, the commander of U.S. Central Command said yesterday. Army Gen. John Abizaid recently visited Baghdad and talked with Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the highest-ranking military commander in Iraq, as well as Iraqi government officials. He also had the opportunity see the situation in Baghdad firsthand while moving around the city with coalition forces.
Abizaid said he left confident that progress is being made on the Baghdad security plan.
“It’s still too soon to say how the sectarian violence is going to be (a factor), but the early indications are that we’ve made some good progress against a lot of the … killings that were going on in Baghdad,” he said. “I don’t see it moving toward civil war at this point.”
Abizaid noted the Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, which outnumber coalition forces, are a combination of Iraqi military and police forces.
“We’re very satisfied with the performance of the military forces in Baghdad,” he said. “The police forces still have a lot of work to do.”
The Iraqi minister of the interior acknowledges that some reforms are needed relatively quickly, Abizaid said. “But we believe we can move it in the right direction,” he said.
The NYT, CNN, ABC/CBS/NBC, PBS, and all other MSM outlets are deeply disappointed in General Abizaid :(
As I said on another thread, Biden reminded me of a shrew stuck in a glue trap.
Keeping this BTTT!
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Of course, because ol' Plugs is on a balancing wire between cheering on an Iraq quagmire (so that he can get elected in 2008), and making it look like he's tough on terrorism (so that he can get elected in 2008) ... Joe is in a tough spot
That's because it wasn't part of his political agenda to help ensure a Democratic majority in the Senate and House.
After all, this is the #1 agenda for the DNC before anything else.
I was watching Brit Hume the other day and the 'All Stars' agreed that there was a small scale civil war, not a large one. Iraq used to be something like five seperate countries before Europe made them one country. It's only natural that the old nationalities would try to fight for control. I don't think there is any shame in admitting it, the only shame would be letting them succeed in creating chaos.
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