Saturday, February 14, 2004

Falllujah Raid

Guerillas overwhelmed a police station in Fallujah, reportedly leaving up to 20m dead, mostly Iraqi policemen. link to CNN story here

According to Hesiod, no Americans appeared during the fight to help. link

The UN special envoy to Iraq departed Friday warning that the country faced a significant chance of civil strife, leaving unresolved the contentious question of holding elections before the June 30 transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. link

So there are two questions here: Can the president keep the promise that he made in the SOTU to withdraw by June 30? And should the president keep the promise he made to withdraw by June 30?