Quote Originally Posted by Hurin_Rules
The report was commissioned by the Pentagon itself:
That doesnt make it infallible- lots of people have differing views about it. This is one view. I suspect that's why the Pentagon gets these reports- so that they can try to look at a given issue from as many angles as possible. This article itself lists many differing views on the matter.

Anyone else think this excerpt is funny?
Krepinevich said in the interview that he understands why Pentagon officials do not state publicly that they are being forced to reduce troop levels in Iraq because of stress on the Army. "That gives too much encouragement to the enemy," he said, even if a number of signs, such as a recruiting slump, point in that direction.
The guy says the Pentagon wouldn't say this publicly because he thinks it "gives too much encouragement to the enemy", yet he's out giving an interview to the AP on it. I guess he doesnt care about giving too much encouragement to the enemy?

The timing of articles like this just suggests to me laying ground work on the part of certain media outlets to be able to claim the troop reductions, which have been slated for months, are really an administration response to an "untenable" position in Iraq. Let's see if Im right.