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Old 09-11-2007, 15:20 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by astralis View Post
anyhow,

petraeus has said this morning that if by march 2008 things have not improved, he would be hard-pressed to recommend continuing the surge. time will tell if there is an improvement. i hope to god there is.

but if not, what is going to happen? adm. fallon and the internal body of pentagon experts, most likely, will start working over-time on this set of alternate plans, and with any luck it will NOT be an investment in failure.
Yeah - because you're just so hot for victory.
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