United States Army General David H. Petraeus (private mercenary) commander of the U.S. Central Command writes in the Washington Post of the progress of Iraqi-American War (Operation Iraqi Fiefdom), “18 months after entering Iraq I see tangible progress.”

       [added 10/2/2020]

Subsequent Events:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Steven Chapman, “We’ve Heard Optimistic Generals Before,” Orange County (California) Register, 14 September 2007, Local:9.

Battling for Iraq (washingtonpost.com)
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49283-2004Sep25.html

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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