Winning the War?
by TChris
Maj. Gen. Richard C. Zilmer: "I think we are winning this war."
Tony Snow: "It is conceivable that other people have differing assessments."
Despite his optimism, Zilmer concurs with the "frank and candid" analysis of "Col. Pete Devlin, the Marine intelligence chief in Iraq, who concluded that prospects for securing Anbar province are dim."
According to several Defense Department officials who have read the report, Devlin also argued that the lack of political progress has created a political vacuum in the province. He wrote that the gap is being filled by the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq, said one Army officer who read the assessment.
Today's news from Iraq provides little cause for optimism:
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