DDilegge
10-15-2005, 02:11 PM
A Soldier's Story (http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007412)
"The Iraqis are in the fight," says Gen. David Patraeus.
By Robert Pollack, Wall Street Journal
"David Petraeus is not a physically imposing man. Slight, and slightly awkward, he looks every bit the egghead general (he has a Princeton Ph.D.) he is."
"But in Iraq--where he first governed Mosul as commander of the 101st Airborne and then took over training of all Iraqi security forces in June 2004--he is something of a giant and one of the foremost authorities on many of the major questions about the war: Did we have enough troops? Which Iraqi leaders are most effective? Was it a mistake to disband Saddam's army? What is the current state of Iraqi security forces? ..."
"The Iraqis are in the fight," says Gen. David Patraeus.
By Robert Pollack, Wall Street Journal
"David Petraeus is not a physically imposing man. Slight, and slightly awkward, he looks every bit the egghead general (he has a Princeton Ph.D.) he is."
"But in Iraq--where he first governed Mosul as commander of the 101st Airborne and then took over training of all Iraqi security forces in June 2004--he is something of a giant and one of the foremost authorities on many of the major questions about the war: Did we have enough troops? Which Iraqi leaders are most effective? Was it a mistake to disband Saddam's army? What is the current state of Iraqi security forces? ..."