Magnifisyncopathological: That Windy Sound You Hear...

April 06, 2004

That Windy Sound You Hear...

...is the collective hawkish pundity realization that some of their guesses were wrong:

AMERICAN military commanders in Iraq would get additional troops if they requested more soldiers to fight a growing Shi'ite uprising, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today.

Commanders are studying ways they might increase troops in Iraq should violence spread much more widely, a senior officer said yesterday.

Generals believe they have enough forces to handle the attacks that have been coming from various quarters, including the recent violence by a shi'ite militia group. But they want to know what is available if the situation gets worse, said the officer.

Copyright 2004 News Limited.

Last night, I heard more than three seperate people on two different news channels say they thought Rumsfeld wouldn't need or ask for additional soldiers. And while what's currently being reported doesn't invalidate those two guesses directly, it lays down the foundation for it in the future.

Posted by Drizzten at April 06, 2004 05:01 PM

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