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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: sandintoes who wrote (48489)3/16/2005 12:08:39 AM
From: Rick  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 59480
 
Here's another very interesting article:

The Military Perspective On Iraq

"A CQ reader who wishes to remain anonymous forwarded me an e-mail from military sources regarding an unclassified presentation given by Major General Pete Chiarelli, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division. The New York Times featured Gen. Chiarelli in a Roger Cohen column that managed to capture the general's feeling of optimism only in vague terms. The presentation described by the e-mailer sounds much more hopeful than Cohen's otherwise serviceable column did.

I'll excerpt the highlights and put the entire message (minus the identifying headers) in the extended entry...."

"3. He showed a graph of attacks in Sadr City by month. Last Aug-Sep they were getting up to 160 attacks per week. During the last three months, the graph had flatlined at below 5 to zero per week...."

captainsquartersblog.com

- Rick