http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/28/obama-as-an-inexperienced-commander.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/07/28/obama-as-an-inexperienced-commander.html/comment-page-1#comment-109653 eddie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:48:17 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/?p=5819#comment-109653 While its good for Gen. Petraeus to throw the cold water of reality on some of the conclusions being drawn about Iraq, he is ultimately, powerless, because he is not the Iraqi leader or the Iraqi political parties. They will end up deciding (as they are to some extent already) the ultimate shape and presence of the US forces there. While its good for Gen. Petraeus to throw the cold water of reality on some of the conclusions being drawn about Iraq, he is ultimately, powerless, because he is not the Iraqi leader or the Iraqi political parties. They will end up deciding (as they are to some extent already) the ultimate shape and presence of the US forces there.

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