Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

>>>I guess you must have blocked out the great decrease in casualties and the political progress made.<<<


Didn't block anything out but you did and you always do. Even general Patraeus admits that the only reason US casualties are down is that Iraqis are out there dying instead of americans. This is "progress".......especially considering how this whole thing got started?

Sunday morning:

BLITZER: The Iraqi security forces, the soldiers and police, well over 550,000 now that they say they have, 343,000 police and 208,000 ministry of defense soldiers, another 4,000 or so special operations forces.

Why aren't they capable yet of taking charge and defending their own country?

PETRAEUS: Well, in fact, Wolf, this are shouldering more and more and more of the security burdens. And I think the most clear indicator of that, the clearest indicator, is the fact that their losses are about approaching three times our losses. They are out there. They are out front in many areas.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/27/le.01.html