We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/statement_on_the_status_of_al_anbar_province_by_maj_gen_richard_zilmer.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:48:37 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Release Date: 9/12/2006 Release Number: 06-09-01P Description: FALLUJAH, Iraq – Recent media reports fail to accurately capture the entirety and complexity of the current situation in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. The classified assessment, which has been referred to in these reports, was intended to focus on the causes of the insurgency. It was not intended to address the positive effects Coalition and Iraqi forces have achieved on the security environment over the past years. That said, there is an active insurgency in Anbar. The enemy we face has no concern for the welfare of the Iraqi people,... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/statement_on_the_status_of_al_anbar_province_by_maj_gen_richard_zilmer.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/statement_on_the_status_of_al_anbar_province_by_maj_gen_richard_zilmer.html Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:50:07 -0600 I just decided to throw up the official spun story - as a counter to the media-spun story. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/statement_on_the_status_of_al_anbar_province_by_maj_gen_richard_zilmer.html#comment-50347 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/statement_on_the_status_of_al_anbar_province_by_maj_gen_richard_zilmer.html#comment-50347 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:25:12 -0600 So are they saying that Ricks is talking out his butt, or what? It seems like they're dancing around saying anything about the analysis he did yesterday(and is this why you held off saying anything when I asked yesterday?). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/statement_on_the_status_of_al_anbar_province_by_maj_gen_richard_zilmer.html#comment-50345 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/statement_on_the_status_of_al_anbar_province_by_maj_gen_richard_zilmer.html#comment-50345 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:11:25 -0600