Our military brass admits it has overcounted Sunni militiamen “concerned local citizens,” to the tune of 77,000 rather than the actual 60,000.
Good news? That’s that many fewer armed Sunni militia forces to possibly inflame Sunni-Shi’a issues, to put it mildly, in the future.
Bad news? That’s 17,000 fewer “concerned local citizens” than the Surge™ previously claimed credit for.
Ehh… the What-a-Gon will probably dismiss it as just another rounding error.
Oh, and don’t “concerned local citizens” sound kind of like “concerned citizens councils” so beloved of folks in places like Trent Lott’s Strom Thurmond-loving political world?
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