I have checked ABC,CNN, MSNBC and a pile of .gov sites. Along with Google, and can find nothing. Do you have a source for this besides your say-so? Or is it just most made up BS?

drmiler

TRY CNN WOLF Blitzer Late Edition! It was on about 30 minutes ago.

How did you like the Comptroller General article I posted that you requested?

Gloom and doom! 

IslandDog

That does not change what was reported they only 1/2 of the promised Iraqi Forces are showing up in Baghdad. The real test will be when we leave Iraq. Will the violence continue and even get worse. What we are doing does not change the struggle between the factions in Iraq and will not alter what is a Civil War for the control of Iraq!

Well, if Wolf Blitzer says so it must be true despite the complete lack of reports of the same from any news outlet whatsoever! You really crack me up. I love good humor.

drmiler TRY CNN WOLF Blitzer Late Edition! It was on about 30 minutes ago.

Sorry but I have searched the "entire" CNN site and (yes I'm a registered member) found nothing to back up your claim. So until I can see it....I think it's BS! And like Mason said it "must" be so even without corroborating reports from ANY other source.

And as far as this goes...

How did you like the Comptroller General article I posted that you requested?

I'll tell you the "same" thing I said on your other thread:

You gave me something that is 2 YEARS out of date! This is 2007 NOT 2004! When you can show me where he has said it lately, then I'll believe. Until then this is BS!

actually boys,,,this was reported in early feb. ...people are just starting to notice as the problem continues.

here's an exerpt ...Gen. George Casey, the Army chief of staff nominee and outgoing top commander in Iraq, said during his confirmation hearing yesterday that the Iraqi units sent as part of the surge are operating at about 55 to 65 percent strength.

full article...(and i assume the chicago tribune is "MSM" enough for everyone)...WWW Link

by teh way, that took 1 google with the phrase "50% of iraq troops not showing up" typed in. more interesting was the link right below the top tribune link which had this to say in 2004...

Arellano said he felt pushed out of the military too quickly after getting back from Iraq without medical attention he needed for his hand -- and as he would later learn, his mind.

"It was more of a rush. They put us in a warehouse for a while. They treated us like cattle," Arellano said about how the military treated him on his return to the United States.

"It is all about numbers. Instead of getting quality care, they were trying to get everybody demobilized during a certain time frame. If you had a problem, they said, 'Let the (Department of Veterans Affairs) take care of it.'"

The Pentagon has acknowledged some early problems and delays in treating soldiers returning from Iraq but says the situation has been fixed.

yeah, sure it was...

drmiler

You gave me something that is 2 YEARS out of date! This is 2007 NOT 2004! When you can show me where he has said it lately, then I'll believe. Until then this is BS. Well then how do you explain that he said the same thing last week on 60 Minutes and yesterday on CNN? You are the one FULL OF BS! You just do not like what Mr. Walker had to say about your George!

yesterday on CNN?

No, as usual you're the one who's full of it. I "told" you I searched the ENTIRE CNN site and found ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to back up what you're saying. So until then it's BS!

Well, if Wolf Blitzer says so it must be true despite the complete lack of reports of the same from any news outlet whatsoever actually boys,,,this was reported in early feb. ...people are just starting to notice as the problem continues. here's an exerpt ...Gen. George Casey, the Army chief of staff nominee and outgoing top commander in Iraq, said during his confirmation hearing yesterday that the Iraqi units sent as part of the surge are operating at about 55 to 65 percent strength. full article...(and i assume the chicago tribune is "MSM" enough for everyone)...WWW Link by teh way, that took 1 google with the phrase "50% of iraq troops not showing up" typed in. more interesting was the link right below the top tribune link which had this to say in 2004... Arellano said he felt pushed out of the military too quickly after getting back from Iraq without medical attention he needed for his hand -- and as he would later learn, his mind. "It was more of a rush. They put us in a warehouse for a while. They treated us like cattle," Arellano said about how the military treated him on his return to the United States. "It is all about numbers. Instead of getting quality care, they were trying to get everybody demobilized during a certain time frame. If you had a problem, they said, 'Let the (Department of Veterans Affairs) take care of it.'" The Pentagon has acknowledged some early problems and delays in treating soldiers returning from Iraq but says the situation has been fixed. yeah, sure it was...

Did you happen to notice this on the bottom of the page?

“They're not at the level we would like them to be total strength-wise, but they are showing up on the time they said they would,” Pace said.

And just an FYI...it looks like CNN is the "only" half way crecible source saying this. Kind of makes you wonder. And using "your" search parameters in Google, CNN is the only current one. One other thing...the source you cited while it may be part of the Tribune, it's actually a "blog"! Check your url.....
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/02/iraqi_troops_no.html

Funny how folks seem to miss those little points eh?

yeah, and in 2004 the pentagon claimed the problems at walter reed had "been fixed."

yeah, and in 2004 the pentagon claimed the problems at walter reed had "been fixed."

I wouldn't start on that one if I were you. The col did and was "quickly" shown to be as wrong as could be.

yeah, and in 2004 the pentagon claimed the problems at walter reed had "been fixed."

And I think you missed this part SC...

And just an FYI...it looks like CNN is the "only" half way crecible source saying this. Kind of makes you wonder. And using "your" search parameters in Google, CNN is the only current one. One other thing...the source you cited while it may be part of the Tribune, it's actually a "blog"! Check your url..... http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/02/iraqi_troops_no.html

Doesn't that make it kind of unconfirmable?

yeah mason,,,funny...why are you arguing with me? the problem is iraqi soldiers not showing up for duty, which has been reported in various forms for years...not people realizing it and reporting it.



it's the CHICAGO TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU folks...not just some off the rack "blog"

the reporter, Aamer Madhani, is a correspondent for them.

the quote came from senate testimony from his confirmation hearing.

everything above is verifiable and confirmable. poo-pooing it because the web address has the word "blog" in it is shallow...i figured some would fall for that, i just didn't think ya'll would do it so hard and fast.



excuse me? everything at walter reed is Aok? LMFAO!!!!!