...al-Maliki had pledged in January, when President Bush announced his commitment to send more U.S. troops to Baghdad, that there would be no political interference in the security crackdown and no sectarian favoritism.
"To date, operations in Baghdad indicate that Iraqi government delivery on these commitments has been uneven," the report said. "For example, there have been reports of political involvement by some leaders in tactical and operational decisions that bypass the standard chain of (military) command."
Great! On a scale of 1 to 100, the Iraqis are at "2". At this rate we'll only have to be there for 100 more years. Why don't we just grant them their wish and leave their country already?
The Pentagon is calling this an "increase in violence". There are even more American and Iraqi deaths. Yet the Commander in Chief calls this success. Dick Cheney said the insurgency was in it's "last throes" - more than a year ago, before things had spun this far out of control. Even Big Dog considers this "winning".
Right-wing Iraq war cheerleaders define an escalation in violence plus more Iraqi & American deaths as "success". Just like bin Laden.
Talk about strange bedfellows.
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NOTE TO SELF: This sounds like something the Bush Administration would do: "there have been reports of political involvement by some leaders in tactical and operational decisions that bypass the standard chain of (military) command."
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