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New U.S. commander takes over in Iraq - Yahoo! News
That song "Heard it all before" comes to mind. One more general who thinks that we can fix the problems between Sunni and Shiites if we stick around a bit longer. All the Iraq war did was give these two sides a reason to blow eachother up. Nothing more nothing less.
We will have to share the burdens and move forward together. If we can do that and if we can help the people of Iraq, the prospects of success are good," he said. "Failing that, Iraq will be doomed to continued violence and civil strife."
"The main point people will debate is whether I relied too much on Iraqi forces to carry the security load and too little on coalition forces," he said. "But I'm certainly not ready to say that's a mistake. I'll let history judge that."
That song "Heard it all before" comes to mind. One more general who thinks that we can fix the problems between Sunni and Shiites if we stick around a bit longer. All the Iraq war did was give these two sides a reason to blow eachother up. Nothing more nothing less.