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Submitted by Jim Frego, Jul 24, 2007 01:11

General David H. Petraeus wants one more last chance and an additional $250 Billion till the summer of 2009 to try
to make significant progress in IRAQ.

To help measure progress in tamping down civil strife, Col. William Rapp, a senior aide to General Petraeus, oversaw an effort to develop a standardized measure of sectarian violence. One result was a method that went beyond the attacks noted in American military reports and which incorporated Iraqi data.

"We are going to try a dozen different things," said one senior officer. "Maybe one of them will flatline. One of them will do this much. One of them will do this much more. After a while, we believe there is chance you will head into success. I am not saying that we are absolutely headed for success."

He will not however even give a Probability of Success with 2 more years to "PLAY WAR" in Iraq.

What planet are you Bush and Petraeus on?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/24/world/middleeast/24military.html?ex=1342929600&en=de984face5cd51a7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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