U.S. military leaders unanimously reject pullout, timetable
Published Thu, Nov 30 2006 2:17 PM
Despite what you may have read in the New York Times, the Washington Post, or Associated Press reporting, top military leaders are against pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq or imposing a specific withdrawal timetable. They are unanimous in wanting victory.
Not "peace with honor", not a "graceful exit". They want victory.
The media is fond of quoting retired military "experts" that believe that victory is unattainable. We see the reporting every day. The vast majority of these experts have one thing in common. They're retired. They are not actively engaged in the planning and strategy for the war on terror. They're on the outside looking in.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on the other hand are on the inside, and they're all against pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq now. They're all also against a specific withdrawal timetable.
From the Washington Times:
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"The chiefs are solid. They want victory," the source said. "There is no dissent."
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At a press conference, Gen. Pace endorsed the idea of shifting more Iraqi forces into violence-wracked Baghdad, where Shi'ite and Sunni terrorists are on a killing spree to gain control of the capital. A number of lawmakers, including Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and House Armed Services Committee chairman, advocate sending more Iraqi battalions to the capital.
"I think that idea has a good amount of appeal for multiple reasons," Gen. Pace said. "Because Baghdad is extremely important to the Iraqi government, and their armed forces and their security forces are the proper long-term solution to that problem."
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Gen. Pace said the Joint Chiefs review has been augmented by senior officers who have recently served in Iraq. They have compiled a list of ideas and personally discussed them with the chiefs in the "tank," the group's secure meeting place.
It seems to me that if the Joint Chiefs think victory is possible that they must be on to something, despite the pontifications of Henry Kissinger. "Senior officers who have recently served in Iraq" beats the heck out of "retired generals" who haven't, or aging former Secretaries of State that helped to promote the idea of "Peace with Honor" (another term for "Cut and Run").
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