Now, "If you talk to these sheiks, they'll tell you that they're in no hurry to see the Americans leave al-Anbar," he said.
"One thing Sheikh Sattar keeps saying is he wants al-Anbar to be like Germany and Japan and South Korea were after their respective wars, with a long-term American presence helping ... put them back together," MacFarland said. "The negative example he cites is Vietnam. He says, yeah, so, Vietnam beat the Americans, and what did it get them? You know, 30 years later, they’re still living in poverty."
Freakin' priceless. Shaykh Sattar knows a stronger tribe when he sees one.
Jason at PostPolitical has quite a bit more on Sattar from an Army Colonel here.
Alphabet city featured the Shaykh a couple of days ago here.
Update: The White House switchboard operator should tell Pelosi to call Sattar. The Shaykh will back Cheney up.
Update: ON Point Contributing Editor Andrew Lubin's interview with Shaykh Sattar.
The Islamic State of Iraq's attempt to eliminate Shaykh Sattar with a car bomb outside his house on Monday killed five police officers and six civilians but Sattar was not home.
The brigade’s success is a blueprint many other units are following, and according to MacFarland, the new commander in Iraq, Army Gen. David Petraeus, has instructed it to be disseminated throughout the forces in Iraq.
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