Re-read your first quote. Notice the waffles.
“...subject to good coordination with the Iraqis and negotiations and discussions, also with those here and obviously in Multinational Division Southeast,...”
“...though elements of the security structure, including establishment of an Iraqi special operations force unit which is ongoing, deployment of an Iraqi mechanized battalion and the swap of an Iraqi army brigade still need to be completed; and various political issues, including of course the Governor’s status, need to be sorted out as well.”
Those collections of caviates are where the problems are and have been. Problems caused by 6-12mo acceleration of turnover. (Note, when a General Officer starts to waffle, things are nowhere near as good as they look. Otherwise, he would not be CYA’ing so much...)
Thank you for confirming my points...
“Problems caused by 6-12mo acceleration of turnover”
The turnover wasn’t accelerated. As repeatedly stated, it is actually 6 - 12 months later than originally envisioned.
“Thank you for confirming my points...”
I post multiple quotes from multiple sources, including the PM of Iraq, the overall commander of coalition forces in Iraq and the overall commander of Iraqi forces in Basra. You post zero quotes from anyone, but make some vague unsupported assertions that various people have spoken negatively. And this somehow confirms your point. Err, ok!