the Washington Post has a draft of a 69-page GAO report which concludes that the Iraqi government has met only three of the 18 goals put forth by Congress. (I think at least one of these goals is an unquestionable victor-dictate-to-the-conquered.)
[...] there are appear to be disagreements between the White House and the draft report from the GAO. Sphere: Related Content Filed under: Iraq, US Politics || [...]
“our inability to provide security immediately after the invasion is one of the prime mistakes that was made”
I think that “mistake” is not the best word to use in this context.
Regards.
Comment by james — Thursday, August 30, 2024 @ 2:57 pm
So? Is it OK to surrender to al Qaeda now? BTW progress against al Qaeda and their branch office AQI is NOT one of benchmarks!
Also, who’da thunk. I turns out GAO is not a bunch of pencil pushing geeks but is actually a world renowned source of military, cultural and political expertise. On Iraq, no less.
Comment by boqueronman — Thursday, August 30, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
GAO Report On Iraq: Gloomy
the Washington Post has a draft of a 69-page GAO report which concludes that the Iraqi government has met only three of the 18 goals put forth by Congress. (I think at least one of these goals is an unquestionable victor-dictate-to-the-conquered.)
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BTW, I wonder how many of the administration’s booster will ignore what the document says and instead wail about the fact that it was leaked.
Dan Riehl, Macsmind, Wake Up America…and those are just the ones that Memorandum found. I’m sure there are others.
- Longtime reader, first time commenter.
Comment by Michael — Thursday, August 30, 2024 @ 11:58 am
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“our inability to provide security immediately after the invasion is one of the prime mistakes that was made”
I think that “mistake” is not the best word to use in this context.
Regards.
Comment by james — Thursday, August 30, 2024 @ 2:57 pm
So? Is it OK to surrender to al Qaeda now? BTW progress against al Qaeda and their branch office AQI is NOT one of benchmarks!
Also, who’da thunk. I turns out GAO is not a bunch of pencil pushing geeks but is actually a world renowned source of military, cultural and political expertise. On Iraq, no less.
Comment by boqueronman — Thursday, August 30, 2024 @ 4:00 pm