Petraeus Optimistic, But Not Jumping the Gun


	Petraeus Optimistic, But Not Jumping the Gun

sahara

12-6-2007 11:38 PM

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war, iraq, troops

sahara says:

Petraeus appears to be pretty level headed. The violence down is great, now let's put on some pony show, land a helicopter on an aircraft carrier and declare "mission accomplished", again.

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