Posted on 09/07/2007 6:54:03 AM PDT by Turret Gunner A20
September 7, 2007
Petraeus, Seeing Gains in Iraq as Fragile, Is Wary of Cuts By DAVID E. SANGER and DAVID S. CLOUD WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 — Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, has told President Bush that he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year to reduce the risk of military setbacks, but could accept the pullback of roughly 4,000 troops beginning in January, in part to assuage critics in Congress, according to senior administration and military officials.
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And this from the traitorous New York Times...
Dear General,
Military expert and former POTUS, Bill Clinton disagrees with you. Please, consult with his representative, and future POTUS, Hillary! before making any more rash, uneducated responses in the future.
Respectfully,
Senator Harry Reid, (D) Nevada
....sigh....
Saw this one coming a mile away...no end to the 15-month deployments in sight...of course, no shortage of cheerleading keyboard commandos around here who will no doubt champion such announcements.
Once again, the NYT twists and turns the language to turn positive news into a false gloom and doom report..
Posting ANYTHING from the NYT in this forum should be grounds for banning.
Vi>Posting ANYTHING from the NYT in this forum should be grounds for banning.
In general I agree -- but one sometimes has to take such extreme risks in order to get their usually trasonous information out.
Saw this one coming a mile away...no end to the 15-month deployments in sight...of course, no shortage of cheerleading keyboard commandos around here who will no doubt champion such announcements.”
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Commandos who don’t have a family member serving there on their 3rd tour.
When Americans are officially authorized to start shooting “enemies of the Republic” or “traitors” on sight — I’ll take a very keen interest in the New York Times....
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