Iraq by the Numbers with Petraeus
Opening his testimony before Congress on Monday with the insistence, "I wrote this testimony myself," and adding that his Iraq progress report hadn't been vetted in advance, Gen David Petraeus trotted out figures and charts to argue that "the military objectives of the surge are, in large measure, being met".Opening his testimony before Congress on Monday with the insistence, “I wrote this testimony myself,” and adding that his Iraq progress report hadn’t been vetted in advance, Gen. David Petraeus trotted out figures and charts to argue that “the military objectives of the surge are, in large measure, being met.”
AS CHAOS UNFOLDS, FIND SOLID GROUND…From Gen. Petraeus’ report via The Politico:
In recent months, in the face of tough enemies and the brutal summer heat of Iraq, Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces have achieved progress in the security arena. Though the improvements have been uneven across Iraq, the overall number of security incidents in Iraq has declined in 8 of the past 12 weeks, with the number of incidents in the last two weeks at the lowest levels seen since June 2006.
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