Times (UK) interview with General David Petraeus

Petraeus' sensible comments supply an enormous contrast to the vapid political rhetoric from Hillary Clinton in my previous post.

Interview by Richard Beeston with General David Petraeus in Baghdad on June 20 2007.

What is your priority in the surge operation?

"It is to disrupt al-Qaeda and its ability to conduct sensational attacks and to try to continue the cycle of violence, which they have been trying to do all along. In addition, they are attempting try establish a real al-Qaeda sanctuary in Iraq, a caliphate."
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Hat tip to Powerline.