Reagan Pentagon Official Korb Visits Iraq - Grim Outlook


	Reagan Pentagon Official Korb Visits Iraq - Grim Outlook

BartendingBear

4-18-2007 6:50 PM

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Reality from a card-carrying righty. Let us learn from his experiences.

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  <P><B>Dispatches from a Five-Day Trip to Iraq</B></p> <P><B>By Lawrence J. Korb</B></p> <P><B>April 17, 2007</B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zedc3test.techprogress.org/issues/2007/04/red_zone.html"><P><B>Conclusion</B></p> <P>To say that Iraq
in general and Baghdad
in particular are much worse than on my last visit would be an understatement. It
is hard to believe that after about 3,300 deaths, about 25,000 wounded, an
expenditure of $500 billion, and two national elections things could be this
bad. (The day I left was the day that the Parliamentarians were killed and the
al-Sarafiya bridge was blown up.)</p> <P>The real issue is if the latest surge will work. The most
optimistic projection was “maybe temporarily.” But most people speaking off the
record believe that the insurgents will shift to other areas and lay low for a
while in Baghdad.
</p> <P>I knew that the Iraqi government was not very effective, but
I had no idea it was so bad.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://zedc3test.techprogress.org/issues/2007/04/red_zone.html"><P>While I did not see as many soldiers as on my last visit,
the ones I spoke to were clearly dispirited about the repeated deployments and
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