Sunday, February 04, 2007
Does anyone know what they're talking about on Iraq any more?
From The Guardian on Friday:
"The outgoing top U.S. general in Iraq diplomatically aired his differences with the commander in chief on Thursday, telling lawmakers that President Bush has ordered thousands more troops into Iraq than needed to tamp down violence in Baghdad.
Gen. George Casey quickly added he understood how his recently confirmed successor, Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, could want the full complement of 21,500 additional troops that Bush has ordered to Iraq. Casey said they could "either reinforce success, maintain momentum or put more forces in a place where the plans are not working.""
Click here to read more.
Meanwhile:
Truck blast in Baghdad market kills more than 120 - this is just one of MANY articles on Iraqi insurgent bombing incidents from this week that I could have posted if I had the time or energy. This.is.a.disaster.that's.only.getting.worse!
Related: Iraq troop "surge" could actually total 50,000.
But to end: this probably deserves it's own post frankly: Indonesia Floods Leave 145,000 Homeless [emphasis added]. It'll be ironic if the US can get help out there quicker than they did to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina! We'll see....
