Gen. George W. Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, expressed similar sentiments, calling the military's efforts "the Pillsbury Doughboy idea" — pressing the insurgency in one area only causes it to rise elsewhere.Well, it's nice to see the military admit the problem - though I suspect the military has believed this for some time. The problem is still the civilian leadership, who show no signs of intelligence yet. Bush and co. are still going to have to negotiate with people like Sadr, and I doubt the American leadership will be able to stomach that.
"Like in Baghdad," Casey said during an interview with two newspaper reporters, including one from Knight Ridder, last week. "We push in Baghdad — they're down to about less than a car bomb a day in Baghdad over the last week — but in north-center (Iraq) ... they've gone up," he said. "The political process will be the decisive element."
By the way, you know the situation sucks when the "good news" is that the area you control most securely is still car-bombed once a day.
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