"Mr. Warner said that July 15, when a Congressionally mandated, preliminary
report on the progress in Iraq is due, would be pivotal. The White House has
been hoping for far more time, even backing away from its earlier statements
that September would be a fair deadline to start judging the results of the new
war plan.”"
While I think it is important to hold to the time table for a report to be done in September, I think that the reviewing committee should be open minded enough to see progress and not expect finality. It would be a shame for the surge to gain control of a vast majority of Iraq, and then be declared a failure and the troops pulled because it wasn't done. In September, if more time is needed, and the surge is showing itself to be a success I think more time should be given. We are not talking about baking bread, we are talking about nation building, and the results can be far more tragic that bread that has been baked too long.
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