Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by Gannett News Services, “After Five Years in Iraq, Bush Seeks Enduring Stability."
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Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by Gannett News Services, “After Five Years in Iraq, Bush Seeks Enduring Stability."
With U.S. forces trickling out of Iraq, the Bush administration is touting 2008 as a year of major transition and improvement.
Just as it did 2003, '04, '05, '06 and '07.
For all the cynicism about the war — now entering its sixth year — it has undeniably turned a corner. Violence is down, and political reconciliation among the Iraqis is advancing, albeit haltingly.
"Can you get the Iraqi forces to really take over?" said Anthony Cordesman, a military expert from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, just back from Iraq. "Can you find ways to move money and services in for governance and development?" Read the article
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