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Undertoad · 03-29-2007, 10:10 PM

It's sobering to read. He describes extremely grim conditions in the country in general and in the readiness of the Iraqi army.

He backs up Yon's perception that Gen'l Petraeus is very smart, having capably proven himself in another sector of Iraq, and is the right guy for the job right now.

He is non-partisan, saying that the D time pressures are useful to underline the situation for Maliki.

He thinks that the new ROE are effective and is optimistic about the surge.

In the last Yon piece, it was revealed that embedded reporters cannot talk about the changes in rules of engagement, by law. Since McCaffrey isn't an embedded reporter, he lets loose a little more than the reporters do, about the new approaches and what kinds of results they are seeing.

03-29-2007, 10:10 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's sobering to read. He describes extremely grim conditions in the country in general and in the readiness of the Iraqi army. He backs up Yon's perception that Gen'l Petraeus is very smart, having capably proven himself in another sector of Iraq, and is the right guy for the job right now. He is non-partisan, saying that the D time pressures are useful to underline the situation for Maliki. He thinks that the new ROE are effective and is optimistic about the surge. In the last Yon piece, it was revealed that embedded reporters cannot talk about the changes in rules of engagement, by law. Since McCaffrey isn't an embedded reporter, he lets loose a little more than the reporters do, about the new approaches and what kinds of results they are seeing.