Lower expectations for Iraq...? Lower than WHAT...?

i never HAD any expectations for an illegal war, initiated on the basis of lies, other than that it would be a disaster... well, ok... i guess THAT expectation has already been met...

[T]he man tapped to take over command of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Americans may have to lower their expectations for Iraq.

"What we've been doing is not working," Admiral William Fallon, nominated by President George W. Bush to become the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East, told the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

"The likelihood that Iraq is suddenly going to turn into something that looks close to what we enjoy here in this country is going to be a long time coming," he said.

and precisely what the hell does he think is going to make THIS happen...?

"I believe the situation in Iraq can be turned around, but time is short," Fallon told the committee, meeting to consider his nomination.

needless to say, the article didn't include any of fallon's thoughts on WHY he thought it could be "turned around," or what he thought a "turned around" iraq might look like...

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