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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 01:29 PM
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HELP: There was a quote from a general in Iraq about political solution
being the only way out. It was basically a concession of defeat, and I can't find it. It was posted here a few days ago. Can anyone help me locate it?
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 01:30 PM
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1. Will cost you 5 bucks.
"I think the more accurate way to approach this right now is to concede that ... this insurgency is not going to be settled, the terrorists and the terrorism in Iraq is not going to be settled, through military options or military operations," Brig. Gen. Donald Alston, the chief U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, said last week, in a comment that echoes what other senior officers say. "It's going to be settled in the political process." <...>"
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 01:32 PM
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2. Bingo
You rock. Thanks.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 01:39 PM
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5. Ok has the BGen looked for a new line of employment?
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 01:35 PM
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3. link
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/world/11879261.htm
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 01:37 PM
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4. that quote
and several others here:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0614-01.htm

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