Ex-Army chief seeks Iraq withdrawal: Timeline would "quell the... fighting"

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A former British army commander has said there was "no way" the war in Iraq could be won and that allied forces should withdraw.

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While accepting the allied forces couldn't just "cut and run", Sir Michael said announcing a date for withdrawal would quell the widespread fighting between the Sunnis, Shias and Kurds.

"Give them a date and it is amazing how people and political parties will stop fighting each other and start working towards a peaceful transfer of power," he said.

Sir Michael made the comments while speaking at the Hay Literary festival in mid Wales about his book Washington's War. In the book, Sir Michael draws parallels between the guerilla tactics used by George Washington against the British army in America in 1775 and by Sunni insurgents against Allied troops in Iraq.

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Holy crap! The right is gonna' have a COW!

:rofl:

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1. .

[dEMOK]

2. Makes Perfect Sense...

The Brits are anything but stupid. ...Ever compare Blair & Dumbya's mental facilities & verbal abilities?

(I disagree however with the COW thing. The Right has already had a stillborn elephant in '06.)

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3. Gotta K and R... nt

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4. Oops, I Already "R'd"...

(But I can still "K" for substance.)

edit for punctuation

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5. Kick