Reuters:
The next three to four months will be vital to determine if violence in Iraq can be cut further and security maintained with fewer American troops, the number two U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Tuesday.
Lieutenant-General Raymond Odierno said the last week had seen the lowest number of violent incidents against civilians and security forces across Iraq in the past 15 months.
U.S. President George W. Bush, on a surprise visit to Iraq, raised the prospect of troop cuts after meeting top commanders at a desert air base in western Anbar province on Monday......
There will be no troop cuts. This is Bush's way to get attention. He has no plans to pull troops out of Iraq unless he is forced. If Bush gets any opposition from Congress, he'll blame the Democratic controlled House and Senate and declare that they don't support the troops. In reality, Bush doesn't support the troops. He has pushed them and pushed them until many of them are at breaking points.
The Petraeus Report will be a work of fiction. After the White House's political appointees, speech writers, and interns actually write the report, General Petraeus will get to read it. The b.s. coming from the White House about the success of the Iraq war is something that they are making up even as you read this. These lies are no different than the previous lies. Now the lies have been placed within a published document called the 'Petraeus Report.'
| U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: | 3739 |
| Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: | 2 |
| Total | 3741 |
