I haven't heard much on the war since General Petraeus repoterd progress to congress. Is the war over? Did we win? Or is it only good news, and you can't sell that.
From Bill Roggio's new site The Long War Journal
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Coalition special operations forces continue to attack the Iranian-backed Special Groups operating inside Iraq with the same ferocity as it attacks al Qaeda. Twenty-five Special Groups fighters were killed during an engagement northwest of Baqubah this morning during a raid on a Special Groups leader.
Coalition forces called in an airstrike on a building after taking “heavy fire from a group of armed men fighting from defensive positions.” Special Groups fighters attacked Coalition forces with AK-47s and RPGs, and spotted what appeared to be a fighter “carrying what appeared to be an anti-aircraft weapon.” At least 25 terrorists are believed to have been killed in the airstrike. The engagement took place in a village near Khalis, a US military officer told The Long War Journal.
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This article I found at the Boston Globe site about comments from former General Sanchez should break the "Radio Silence" & also connect to your 9/16 post re "Commander-in-Chief"
The military follows orders from the civilian government (even flawed orders as Sanchez claims)
So a Senator not believing the military comments just flows back to the civilian leadership directive
This is the link
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2007/10/13/ex_commander_calls_iraq_war_nightmare/
Thank you, Anonymous, for reading the Geoffosphere. And thanks for this article.
These paragraphs seem more telling than the headline indicates:
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Asked after his remarks what strategy he favored, Sanchez listed a series of steps - from promoting reconciliation among Iraq's warring sectarian factions to building effective Iraqi Army and police units - that closely paralleled the list of tasks frequently cited by the Bush administration as pillars of the current strategy."
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"The administration, Congress, and the entire interagency, especially the State Department, must shoulder responsibility for the catastrophic failure, and the American people must hold them accountable," he said.
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So he blames a comprehensive approach and he would not change the strategy. I guess he would just try harder. Not much of a criticism there, in my opinion. Of coarse, if you only read the headline, you'd think he said, "Iraq in in flames and we should pull out".
Also found this post which I think sums up the spin on Gen. Sanchez.
Belmont Club
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This may be spun as "Bush lied, people died", but if you read the remarks in full, it reads more like F.U. Washington and you reporters, too.
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