Daily Revolt

August 20, 2007

Pentagon Sets Goals to hit Before end of Bush Term

Sounds like White House disinformation. How did Reuters obtain this memo? Was it leaked? And by who? And why:
The Pentagon has set 25 goals to meet by the end of the Bush administration, including implementation of a long-term plan for detaining terrorism suspects, according to a memo obtained by Reuters.

Only one of the initiatives outlined in the August 9 memo directly references Iraq, but many reflect weaknesses in military capabilities revealed by nearly six years of war there and in Afghanistan.

If it were a real memo it would have controversial aspects. This administration can't do anything without it being controversial:
[...]the military is tasked with assessing progress in Iraq in September and then revising military strategy as needed. A progress report due that month is seen in Washington as pivotal in weighing whether the Pentagon's current war strategy is working.

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