Petraeus on Iraq

Context

This article is intended to serve as a receptacle for statements by Gen. David Petraeus about the Iraq War. Petraeus, since 2007-01-26, has served as "Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I)". Collecting his views regarding Iraq in a single article will show the evolution of those views, and will make them more easily accessible.

=="No victory possible"==

The BBC on 2008-09-11 featured an interview in which Gen. David Petraeus says there is NO victory in sight in Iraq:

2008-09-11
No victory in Iraq, says Petraeus

The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has said that he will never declare victory there.

In a BBC interview, Gen Petraeus said that recent security gains were "not irreversible" and that the US still faced a "long struggle".
....
said he did not know that he would ever use the word "victory": "This is not the sort of struggle where you take a hill, plant the flag and go home to a victory parade... it's not war with a simple slogan."

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu