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PETRAEUS, FALLON OVERHYPED? br> Re: Jed Babbin's The A Team? : /p>

As usual I read your analysis with great interest. To tell you the truth I am getting fed up with the president, and I am sure I am not alone in this. I do not understand why it so hard for him to tell the American public or the world for that matter the truth about Iraq and its neighbors. If I think about all that precious time we have squandered away, I can literally cry. I am getting fed up with the platitudes and I am not in the mood to hear more on Wednesday. I do not see why it is necessary to put more troops on the ground if we don't let them fight and kill. That's what war is all about. Sorry if there are any civilians in the cross hairs, but that is nation of war. Maybe we should let the Ethiopians helps us out here!

p>And then the hype about Petraeus? I find that a bit alarming! In Mike Tucker's book , Hell Is Over: Voices of the Kurds , Petraeus is not the shining knight in armor as you portray in your article. According to the writer, Petraeus did not drive a stake in the insurgency in Mosul in terms of crushing and killing but fired blanks so to speak. He did not listen to the Kurds. According to General Babakher Zebari, now Senior Military and Political advisor to the Iraq Defense Minister, he told the writer that the insurgency in Mosul is nearly as strong as before Petraeus. Petraeus was urged by the Kurds to strike at the Baathists and he did not listen to this Iraqi General and that disarming the Peshmerga in Mosul would open the door to feydayeen Saddam (Iraqi insurgents) I can go on and on and on. Maybe you can shed a light on this. I would appreciate that. br> -- Regina Jaegermann br> Richmond, Virginia /p>

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