Report Offers Grim View of Iraqi Leaders

The New York Times ^ | August 24, 2007 | MARK MAZZETTI

[mustang buff]

A stark assessment released Thursday by the nation’s intelligence agencies depicts a paralyzed Iraqi government unable to take advantage of the security gains achieved by the thousands of extra American troops dispatched to the country this year.

[darkwing104]

The slimes is cherry picking the National Intelligence Estimate again...

[jrooney]

jrooney offers a very grim view of the New York times.

I predict Iraq will be an ally of the US and will fight terrorism, while the NY Times will be an enemy of the US and will assist terrorists with propaganda published in their newspaper.

[Prokopton]

A good analysis of the conundrum we’re in.

[Grimmy]

Lets not forget the leaked report from USMC intel that stated that Al Anbar was a total loss and would never be pacified.

The NIS report may be %100 accurate, but only reliably so for the few months after publish. That’s the thing with fluid situations.

There is also no real historical perspective on how long and difficult the process was in other such situations.

I am not saying things aren’t messy, nor claiming that all bad word out of Iraq is flawed, but messy and bad times are synonymous with war.

[LibLieSlayer]

There are liars and then there are liars... but the ny times and dims have lowered it to an all new evil level... evilcrats all!

LLS

[edcoil]

“intelligence agencies”

Are these the ones that a recent report came out saying were completely incompetent and unable to do their jobs>