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‘Surge’ running behind schedule.

By Amanda Terkel on Feb 28th, 2007 at 1:25 pm

‘Surge’ running behind schedule.»

Top U.S. intelligence officials yesterday disclosed to the Senate “that the deployment of Iraqi forces into Baghdad under President Bush’s new plan to stabilize Iraq is running behind schedule and that all of the units sent so far have arrived under strength, some by more than half. “




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26 Responses to “‘Surge’ running behind schedule.”

  1. Patrick1 Says:

    Isn’t this good news for the moonbats? They are opposed to the surge.


  2. Vance Says:

    The new Wendy’s in the green zone isnt up and running yet.


  3. D'Lo Says:

    My God, this administration can’t do anything right, can they?


  4. TripMaster Monkey Says:

    Keep setting up those straw men, Patrick.
    You certainly can’t win any legitimate argument…


  5. D'Lo Says:

    And yes, this is good new, along with the fact that most of the units don’t have enough troops because of desertion. Once you’ve lost the support of the military you’re through.

    God Bless America!


  6. Spudge_Boy Says:

    This is bad news, just like the fact that Patrick1’s fearful leader didn’t send enough troops in the first place. It would be like an NBA team only send 4 guys to a game. For some reason dumb a$$ sh!t heads like Patrick1 can’t figure that out.


  7. RUCerious Says:

    Quick, get more troops so we can station them in localities where they are easier targets!
    Surge my ass, more like fish barrel.


  8. Bluedog49 Says:

    Patrick is another one of these cultists who is not here for an argument. I suggest the same thing I did for Michael. Just ignore him. He’s here to annoy and provoke. Nothing really of any benefit to offer. Just pretend he’s not there. He’ll eventually go away.


  9. Patrick1 Says:

    Why don’t you make a legitimate argument and we will see. The desertion statement is another moonbat lie..a stunning Olbermann like record. Again, it is funny that the moonbats say we didn’t send enough troops when they didn’t want to send any.

    Are supposed to take military advice from cowards now?


  10. Preznit Pinhead Says:

    Patrick, what are you doing still sitting at that keyboard? Get your @ss over to the recruiting office and join the surge! Show your support for the puppet you call president and all of his wonderful ideas.


  11. Manuel Says:

    Don’t worry about Patrick, he’s being outsourced by Fox News to smear in ThinkProgress, if a real republican would read every post published in ThinkProgress he would become a democrat :-)


  12. Spudge_Boy Says:

    A coward is somebody who types at a keyboard and refuses to sign up for the military and fight in a war he supports, while trying to take shots at people who have already served their country in a time of war.


  13. Patrick1 Says:

    I’m still waiting for something interesting that Think Progress posts, mostly it is desperation spin.


  14. Bluedog49 Says:

    The cultist objects to my characterization by typing: “Why don’t you make a legitimate argument and we will see.”

    It’s been tried over and over. The cultist simply ignores all good arguments and continues with annoying and ignorant talking points. There is no point in engaging a cultist like this.


  15. Patrick1 Says:

    Still waiting.


  16. Spudge_Boy Says:

    Patrick1 thinks we want to debate him to try and get him to see our point of view. Well, personally I don’t want people like him to change their minds and see things our way. I don’t want insane kool aid drinker on our side. Free thinking is what we want, not loonies like him.


  17. Preznit Pinhead Says:

    I’ve decided that Patrick is some kind of bot, residing on a regressive server somewhere. It’s just programmed to spew forth with the usual righttard talking points at random intervals. That’s why it’s not able to go fight in the occupation of Iraq and support the pResident it claims to worship.


  18. me Says:

    So now they are sending them over without training.


  19. VerbalKint Says:

    Yesterday I identified it as Patrick-the-talking-point-robot.


  20. hellinabucket Says:

    Patrick1 is like that fish in a barrel. Keep him around because it’s so much fun to watch him flit about. The desertion thing is not a lie pattyfish. If you were to actually read the link you would have found that out.

    But retired Vice Adm. John McConnell, the director of national intelligence, and Army Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in a separate hearing that the Iraqi army sent to Baghdad only two of the three additional brigades that were to have been in place by Feb. 15.

    An Iraqi brigade is supposed to have 3,200 men.

    “One of the problems was having fully manned units when they arrived in Baghdad,” McConnell said. “A work in progress is how best to describe it. It’s not there yet.”

    It was McConnell’s first time testifying before a congressional committee since he became the nation’s top intelligence officer on Feb. 13.

    Maples, the military’s top intelligence official, said that the strength of the Iraqi battalions that comprise the two brigades range from 43 percent to 82 percent.

    The numbers were the most concise manpower figures that the U.S. military has given for the additional Iraqi units sent to Baghdad.

    McConnell said one reason for the Iraqi shortfalls is that typically 25 percent of an Iraqi army unit is away on leave or on some other assignment. But U.S. and Iraqi officials also have cited high desertion rates as a serious problem.

    Show me where this is a lie, but remember you’ll be calling the top military brass liars and only if you can fire them can you say that.

    It’s quite simple patrick one, your’e not an original thinker or a critical one for that matter. You are told what to do.


  21. Zimzone Says:

    Patrick 1.0
    This beta test isn’t working.
    Bad clone.
    We’ll wait for version 2.0 to see if the bugs have been worked out.
    Speaks, but incoherent.
    Thinks it thinks, but no evidence of intelligence.
    Prone to spewing ‘garbage in, garbage out’.
    Technically inoperable.
    This is a piece of junk, boys; back to the workshop.


  22. RUCerious Says:

    If our group rolled out software as pathetic as the seriously flawed Pattsie© 1.0 we’d all get fired.


  23. DallasNE Says:

    I hope nobody is surprised by this development. It follows a pattern. It won’t self-adjust. And it is one of the primary reasons this surge idea will fail.


  24. Tobey Tall Says:

    Troubles for the Iraq Oil Deal

    Read this and find the Truth about Iraq and bushes plans ……


  25. Raymond Funamoto Says:

    QUICK! BRING IN THE “SURGE PROTECTORS”!!!!!
    WHERE WILL WE PLUG THEM IN, SIR?
    WHERE ELSE, SOLDIER?
    OK…BEND OVER, SIR!!!!!


  26. DutchHenry Says:

    Unless we get into the fray.The WH will continue their error ridden policies.Call Harry Reid’s office folks and tell him to bring the kids home (troops).
    Reid’s Phone #: 202-224-3542



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