Lieutenant General David Petraeus

Stakes high as Bush's Iraq strategy gets underway



The make-or-break US strategy to quell the violence in Iraq has begun in earnest with the new commander of US troops Lieutenant General David Petraeus
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set to spearhead the offensive. "He's the General Grant of the surge," said Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham, quoted by the Washington Post, referring to the legendary Union general in the American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant, who went on to be president. "He's our last best chance as a military commander to bring about a change on the ground," the paper added, saying the general had flown to Iraq this week. read the rest of this article by following the link.