The new strategy sounds a lot like the old strategy to me.
It's an obvious flaw, or an obvious shortcoming in this plan.
I don't think we have everything we need.
Admiral, your patriotism serving the Nation is remarkable. You are well qualified to assume a very daunting task.
I don't think that's a very good assumption, since we have never gotten that, in the last 3 years.
He has needed help for 2 or 3 years and it has not arrived.
I have not seen a lot of commitment outside of DOD to succeeding in Iraq.
the insurgency it is a Sunni insurgency.
a military strategy alone without a functional Iraqi government and without the support of non-DOD agencies cannot effec...
the Shia militia are deliberately avoiding contact with us.
this strategy of a surge I think is probably compromised by the same factors.