Well gee, lets look at the facts. Up until now it was hard to get the Iraqi Army to actually lead an offensive, and often it was at our urging. And it was hard to get the Iraqi government to actually take charge of something. No one had a lot of confidence that they would ever take charge, and all of a sudden they decide they want to take charge, so yeah, it is a bit surprising to me too. I am pretty stoked actually that they are taking over something that we ( or more the Brits in this case) were doing for the last 5 years. In case you have not been following the bouncing ball, when the Iraqi Army can take over security, we can start sending troops home. I thought that was what you all wanted?
Gruss Gott wrote: > "Maliki decided to take on this operation without consulting the > Americans. I just am surprised that he would take it on himself to go > down and take charge of a military offensive. I had not anticipated > that he would do that.'' > - John McCain > > After 5 years of hell, this is the guy who wants to lead our troops. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
