[elfman2]

""Un-contradicted information?" Like Abazaid runs around trying to counter every report out there by a USA Today reporter? Come on. This is getting ridiculous. "

No official has ever claimed the opposite. NEVER.

Now when there’s clear evidence of the obvious, calling it ridiculous is sad.

[LS]

Here's your contradiction, from another article: "Consultations about the new force went to the upper echelons of the US command in Iraq (news - web sites) but not as far as the Pentagon, he said." So much for the Pentagon calling the shots.