Monday, February 05, 2007

The Baghdad Operational Command

Col. Douglass Heckman, the senior adviser to the 9th Iraqi Army Division told CNN "Officially the Baghdad Operational Command takes over tomorrow, so the expectation is that the plan will be implemented soon thereafter, very soon thereafter."

Although U.S. source have said the plan will gradually go into effect, big changes on the ground are expected to occur throughout Monday. The pressure on insurgents will increase as the days go on forcing the insurgent to submission

Thousands of U.S. and Iraqi reinforcements already were in place for the neighborhood-by-neighborhood sweep to clamp off the violence by Sunni insurgents and Shiite militia.

He declined to give precise numbers, although U.S. President George W. Bush has ordered 21,500 additional troops to Iraq by the end of May.

I think we will see great changes in Iraq by the end of May. As the surge in troops grow and the new strategy on the ground goes into effect the American people will see what we have been waiting for success in Iraq.

What do you think?

1 comment:

Roly said...

I agree that there will be big changes. Everything in life points to leadership, especially in the military. We have the best leader we could possibly ask for in General Petraeus.