Charts from Gen Petraeus’ Senate Testimony
Multi-National Force-Iraq: Charts to Accompany the Testimony of Gen David H. Petraeus
Some very interesting information here, and some good indications that serious progress is (finally) being made. It’s been a hard, long slog, but for the US to actually be able to leave Iraq they must have in place a stable political situation, dependable army and security infrastructure, and a minimum of extremist, insurgent and terrorist activity. Otherwise, you have chaos, anarchy and a failed state. Whether or not someone supported the initial invasion is irrelevant. The rallying point should be for all viewpoints is that a stable, healthy and secure Iraq is vital for not only the interests of the United States but for the Iraqi’s and the region as a whole. Taliban Afghanistan taught us what a failed state can lead too. We have to learn from those lessons and make sure that it does not happen again in a nation far more valuable, strategic and important than Afghanistan ever was.
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