I ran across this blurb at
Today in Iraq. It's from
Capitol Hill Blue. I realize it's regarded as a suspect source, but what they say makes so much sense.
More below....
Quotes from
Military Planners Tell Bush Iraq War 'Cannot be Won'
By Staff and Wire Reports
Aug 5, 2005, 05:51
...Yet while Bush remains stubbornly committed to the war, sources within the Pentagon say military planners tell the President the war cannot be won and the U.S. may have to look for a Vietnam-style withdrawal that will leave Iraq vulnerable to forces even more dangerous than the previous dictatorship of Saddam Hussein.
"Our present scenarios do not provide a successful outcome," admits a senior military planner. "We are not adequately equipped to prevail in this conflict."
After talking about Al-Zawahri's threat, we get to this interesting quote....
Still, there has been few obvious signs of progress in U.S.-led efforts to defeat the insurgency and to improve the Iraqi army and police so they can take over security responsibilities and allow the U.S. forces to leave.
And while the military tries to keep an optimistic public face the story told behind the scenes at the Pentagon is far less rosy.
"We're losing and we have no contingency plan in place to turn this conflict around," the senior military planner said. "At the present time, we are engaged in a no-win scenario."
I realize the article quotes an anonymous source, but given the facts on the ground, it's obvious to anyone with a mere moiety of their marbles that CheneyBush and Rummy couldn't plan their way out of a wet paper sack.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Iraq = Stalingrad, and we're playing the part of the Germans.