tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post2565570852313224282..comments2023-09-05T08:21:27.204-06:00Comments on Serving the People of Iraq: Petraeus 'Gets It'Frank Stahelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-15677408073904049462007-10-11T10:10:00.000-06:002007-10-11T10:10:00.000-06:00That is so cute!!! You must be proud of yourself!...That is so cute!!! You must be proud of yourself!!!! Good job!!!Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-86179420713780591002007-10-11T09:51:00.000-06:002007-10-11T09:51:00.000-06:00OUR GANG BY WOLFGANGWolfowitz Petreaus MozartKnew ...OUR GANG BY WOLFGANG<BR/><BR/>Wolfowitz Petreaus Mozart<BR/>Knew that confidence denotes art,<BR/>So he did the best he can<BR/>To play the confidential man.<BR/><BR/>He knew so much, but left some to<BR/>Superiors who better knew,<BR/>And he professed to have a chart<BR/>As revelatory of his art.<BR/><BR/>Sweet accolades and honors were<BR/>His for the taking: so confer<BR/>Honors the richest, wisest, smartest<BR/>Upon one so sublime an artist.<BR/><BR/>His art is hanging in Iraq,<BR/>A helium-blubber-filled Big Mac,<BR/>A multi-colored jammin´ dildo--<BR/>No tellin´ how far up that he´ll go! <BR/><BR/>--i.m.smallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-72063027919343405512007-03-05T12:22:00.000-07:002007-03-05T12:22:00.000-07:00Here's similar take on the issue, that I just foun...<A HREF="http://www.madrid11.net/articles/gard020307" REL="nofollow">Here's similar take on the issue, that I just found.</A>Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-34926462749044855822007-03-05T11:15:00.000-07:002007-03-05T11:15:00.000-07:00Based on what I've read "State of Denial", "Fiasco...Based on what I've read "State of Denial", "Fiasco", "Hubris" unfortunately there doesn't seem to have ever been a plan B. Gen Pace's comments in the WashPost article are very unfortunate.<BR/><BR/>Petraeus's statement as quoted on TPM "If you're really going to do a surge, you don't do it with 20,000, you do it with 250,000," he said, noting that Baghdad is a city of nearly 7 million people." -- indicates that he does get it. What I'm worried about now is that he will become Bush's sacrificial lamb when it doesn't work because there never have been and still aren't enough troops.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-33548558778247870232007-03-05T10:54:00.000-07:002007-03-05T10:54:00.000-07:00Via Talking Points Memo, Gen. Petraeus believes hi...Via Talking Points Memo, Gen. Petraeus believes his Iraq plan has a 25 percent chance of success.<BR/>http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/012771.php<BR/><BR/>The Bush administration says there is no Plan B.<BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR2007030401321.htmlrmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-77571529830937649362007-03-01T10:09:00.000-07:002007-03-01T10:09:00.000-07:00The Guardian has a report that tells where we are ...The Guardian has a report that tells where we are now. Not enough soldiers on the ground in Baghdad, and General Petraeus' staff is still trying to come up with a plan.<BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2023541,00.htmlrmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-33997230202480067512007-02-27T13:11:00.000-07:002007-02-27T13:11:00.000-07:00You raise a good point. I think we've probably ov...You raise a good point. I think we've probably overdrawn our 'emotional bank account' with Iraqis by so far that they probably don't trust us enough any more to do any good. Except perhaps in those isolated areas where it was done correctly in the past.Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-59886396284975932192007-02-27T13:06:00.000-07:002007-02-27T13:06:00.000-07:00Counter-insurgency might have been a good overall ...Counter-insurgency might have been a good overall plan in the early days of the occupation, but now it's just a piece of the puzzle. Secretary Gates recently pointed out that Iraq now has four wars going on: the Sunni insurgency, the Shia-Sunni civil war, internecine Shia fighting in the south, and a war between the USA and Al Qaeda. <BR/><BR/>I expect that whatever our side tries to do in the counter-insurgency campaign will be quickly undone by the spillover from the civil war, etc.rmwarnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948594032787232166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-27497286271803617192007-02-27T10:23:00.000-07:002007-02-27T10:23:00.000-07:00That's why I'm so excited to see Petraeus there, b...That's why I'm so excited to see Petraeus there, because in the midst of counting the days until I could be home with my family again, the shortcomings we had are exactly the ones I think his leadership will fix. Admittedly, Gen. Casey has gone some distance (but not enough) in fixing the problems.<BR/><BR/>My blog is entitled Serving Iraq, because I think that understanding and serving the people is the key to success (victory).Frank Stahelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822334061980912687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19488177.post-8074825705945336602007-02-26T21:54:00.000-07:002007-02-26T21:54:00.000-07:00Frank, I think it's pretty easy to criticize in re...Frank, I think it's pretty easy to criticize in retrospect. You know, hindsight is always 20/20. Plus, I mean, you've been over there. You know what it's like (the environment and all the variables). That's something that can't be valued enough, in my opinion: on the ground experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com