http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9764232
On 9/6/07, Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sent to you by Leo via Google Reader: Waiting for the general (and a > miracle) via Full print edition on 9/6/07 > America agonises over the pitfalls of staying in Iraq--and of leaving > > "AMERICA is between two fires. If it stays in Iraq, it will bleed to > death; if it leaves, it will lose everything." So said Ayman > al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, in 2004. If he is right, can > America extract itself from this trap? > > When America's senior commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and > its ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, brief Congress on the state of > the war from September 10th onwards, they will find a capital divided. > Much of Congress has decided that the war is lost and the troops should > be brought home. Others believe that General Petraeus's "surge" is > starting to work and that the politicians are in danger of losing a war > the army is beginning to win. ... > > Things you can do from here: > - Visit the original item on Full print edition > - Subscribe to Full print edition using Google Reader > - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your > favorite sites > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
