Tuesday, January 22, 2008

McCain quick to declare victory in Iraq. Petraeus says, 6 months


Petraeus:

'I Need Another Six Months To Determine Whether ‘We’ve Reached A Turning Point'

In the past few months, conservatives such as Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) have been quick to declare victory in Iraq. In November, McCain said that “we’ve succeeded militarily.” A day later, Lieberman declared that “we are winning” because “we have made progress” in “one of the most remarkable turnarounds in modern military history.”

Gen. David Petraeus, however, appeared on NBC this morning and rebutted the declarations of mission accomplished and said that he’ll need at least another Friedman Unit before he can make a judgment:

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