Summary
British Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt is being quoted worldwide for saying that his nation's 7,200 soldiers in Iraq should be pulled out soon because "our presence exacerbates the security problems" there. This follows the partial release of an April National Intelligence Estimate that concludes, "The Iraq conflict has become the 'cause celebre' for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of U.S. involvement in the Muslim world and cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement."
These signals for policy change have arrived as President George Bush recently reassured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the United States had no timetable for him to start demonstrating progress in the war. But it is the very lack of progress on issues such as disarming the militias that heightens a demand for a change of course.See the full content of this document
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Timetables in Iraq
Congress has been looking for a way to express the conclusions of Gen. Dannatt and the NIE without being accused of "cut...
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