I have been saying this before that I would be very surprised if US military leaders recommend troop cuts in Iraq this year and now unidentified senior US military leaders are saying so as well:
Senior U.S. military leaders say it would be “impractical” to reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq further before the end of the year because of the logistics required in the redeployments, two military officials told CNN Thursday.The assessment comes as President Bush is considering still-secret recommendations about troop levels from his top commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, as well as senior Pentagon officials including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen. [CNN]
I say I would be surprised by troop cut recommendations from senior military leaders because it would probably be interpreted by the media and political operatives as the Pentagon trying to help John McCain. Even if it isn’t true that is the perception that would be created.
Of course senior military leaders are not the ones that makes this ultimate decision so it will be interesting to see what President Bush decides to do.
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2:08 pm on September 6th, 2008 1
They should just go ahead and set a timeline for withdrawl and get the inevitable over with.
Let our trops leave with some dignity and let the Iraqi people either step up to the plate, or fall on their face (which I highly predict will happen & Al Qaeda will take over the country, with backing from Iran, etc.).
We removed their dictator and they should be more than grateful for it…but they are not. They are only fighting over the spoils and who can get what.
Due to the lack of an agressive mentality of our country, once again we are leaving a job half-done, since it didn’t go as scripted. If we are not/can’t finish what we start, then yes, we should concentrate strictly on Homeland security.
Count them: Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. where does it end? I have to agree with many…we should have finished Afghanistan before even thinking about getting involved in Iraq…they need a strong authoritarian type leader, just as many countries throughout the world do.