Posted on 05/01/2007 6:44:00 PM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2007 Commanders on the ground expected the rise in violence that has accompanied the U.S. troop surge into Baghdad, and the new security plan there will take time to be effective, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
I think it's a sad reality, but I think we anticipated that there would be, in some respects, an increase in the violence, and particularly in the belts around Baghdad, as we pushed the bad guys out of some of the neighborhoods where we had not been active in a long time, or the Iraqi security forces for that matter, Gates said at a news conference following a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Japans defense and foreign ministers. |
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This war is going to take a loooooooong time...no nation building effort has been successful within the first 7 years. I just wish we could get the Democrats to realize that before they further dishonor the blood of 3000 Americans by conceding victory to the insurgents.
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