no military solution
by John at 6/14/2005 08:11:00 AM
Commanders fighting in Iraq say that the only way to end the war is through Iraqi politics.
Brig. Gen. Donald Alston: "I think the more accurate way to approach this right now is to concede that ... this insurgency is not going to be settled, the terrorists and the terrorism in Iraq is not going to be settled, through military options or military operations... It's going to be settled in the political process."
Gen. George W. Casey: "Like in Baghdad... We push in Baghdad -- they're down to about less than a car bomb a day in Baghdad over the last week -- but in north-center [Iraq] ... they've gone up... The political process will be the decisive element."
Lt. Col. Frederick P. Wellman: "We can't kill them all... When I kill one I create three."
Brig. Gen. Donald Alston: "We have taken down factories, major cells, we have made good progress in [stopping] the production of [car bombs] in Baghdad... Now, do I think that there will be more [bombs] in Baghdad? Yes, I do."
This is an admission by top military officers that we have already lost the war. It is up to the Iraqi politicians to end it, provided that the Bush administration permits them to do so.
Brig. Gen. Donald Alston: "I think the more accurate way to approach this right now is to concede that ... this insurgency is not going to be settled, the terrorists and the terrorism in Iraq is not going to be settled, through military options or military operations... It's going to be settled in the political process."
Gen. George W. Casey: "Like in Baghdad... We push in Baghdad -- they're down to about less than a car bomb a day in Baghdad over the last week -- but in north-center [Iraq] ... they've gone up... The political process will be the decisive element."
Lt. Col. Frederick P. Wellman: "We can't kill them all... When I kill one I create three."
Brig. Gen. Donald Alston: "We have taken down factories, major cells, we have made good progress in [stopping] the production of [car bombs] in Baghdad... Now, do I think that there will be more [bombs] in Baghdad? Yes, I do."
This is an admission by top military officers that we have already lost the war. It is up to the Iraqi politicians to end it, provided that the Bush administration permits them to do so.
