Debate on Iraq war-1/5

As Petraeus Urges Delay of Troop Withdrawal, a Debate on Iraq and Iran's Role in the War
The top US military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has recommended a suspension of troop withdrawals from Iraq after July. His recommendation would leave just under 140,000 American troops in Iraq well into the fall, more troops deployed in Iraq than before the so-called "surge." Petraeus testified before two Senate committees on Tuesday alongside Ambassador Ryan Crocker. We play highlights of the hearing and host a debate with Arun Gupta of The Indypendent, Eli Lake of the New York Sun and Gareth Porter of Inter Press Service. [includes rush transcript]

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[sickliberal]

Sir Humphry-style in Yes Minister 'To reduce government size we have to hire more officials to be able to sack officials'. Aside from the logic, Petraeus doesn't realise his own troops are the problem there. So he wants to slowly phase out killing people.

[KoroOutbreak]

So basically Petraeus' status report goes like this:

There is progress, but maybe there isn't, we'll have to wait, but if we withdraw there won't be progress, but there might reversed progress if we stay there.

So pretty much: Anything can happen.

Thanks a lot there, genrul.