We awoke today to the word that General Patraeus thinks we might be able to pull some 4,000 U.S. troops out of Iraq come January. First reaction? I thought, "good news". However, as evening rolled around and I began to read through my bloglines collection of information, some very good writers had obviously had time, during the day, to dissect that report. And, dissect it, they did...
Why Petraeus’ concession is less than it appears
At first blush, it may seem encouraging that Gen. David Petraeus is suddenly open to the idea of withdrawing about 4,000 troops from Iraq in January. The news, however, isn’t nearly as heartening as it may appear. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus has indicated a willingness to consider a drawdown of one brigade of between 3,500 [...]
Krugman: Second, Gen. Petraeus has a history of making wildly overoptimistic assessments of progress in Iraq that happen to be convenient for his political masters.I’ve written before about the op-ed article Gen. Petraeus published six weeks before the 2004 election, claiming [...]
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