Posted by: zanshin, 2007-09-07 11:14

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Date: 2007-09-07 (Friday)
"Up front, my sense is that we have achieved tactical momentum and wrested the initiative from our enemies in a number of areas of Iraq. The result has been progress in the security arena, although it has, as you know, been uneven.
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Many of us had hoped this summer would be a time of tangible political progress at the national level as well.
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One of the justifications for the surge, after all, was that it would help create the space for Iraqi leaders to tackle the tough questions and agree on key pieces of 'national reconciliation' legislation. It has not worked out as we had hoped.
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All participants, Iraqi and coalition alike, are dissatisfied by the halting progress on major legislative initiatives.”
-- Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. commander in Iraq, in a letter to troops three days before he briefs Congress






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