Does General Petraeus Recommend a Troop Decrease?

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by ecthompson md

Senator Joe Biden, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, asked a question today. He pinned General David Petraeus on where Iraq is on a scale from one to 10 with regard to the war. Answering with a “10″ would mean he would recommend a significant draw-down in troops. However, a “one” would mean that we need a significant increase in troop levels. Petraeus tried to bob-and-weave, but Biden quickly cornered him. He said that we are at a six or seven– very politically safe parameters. :-)

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Tags: Iraq // 3 Comments »

  • JeffLeon

    Petraeus will recommend a drawdown when all of Iraq’s oil has been pumped out.

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net ecthompson

    Jeff –

    I love it.

  • margaret

    Which will ba a long time. Didn’t they blow up the pipe line in Basra?

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