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People Sound Off About Iraq War Progress Report

People Sound Off About Iraq War Progress Report - Monday, September 10, 2007 at 5:58PM EST

Monday, Sep 10, 2007 @05:58pm EST
We asked some of you, what you would like to hear from today's Iraq War progress report. Jack Genners of Bloomsburg isn't buying into report. He says General David Patraeus likely isn't telling the whole story. "I would like to see him say that, but he won't. For several reasons, one he's a general, and his commander in chief is the president. So he's not going to go back against him," says Genners. Genners and others here in Bloomsburg shared their thoughts on Monday's progress report. Nick Karnes of Orangeville hopes it will change the course of the war. "Hopefully we are making progress because if we're not making progress than why do we keep wanting to send more and more troops over to Iraq if we're not getting the job done there," says Karnes. And while some are skeptical about this report, others we talked with in Bloomsburg are optimistic. They'd like to see positive progress with this report, and in the war in Iraq. "I would like to hear that it's positive, that we're actually doing something and that we're actually making an effort for the war to end, and we're actually getting something out of it," says Eileen Burkett. Patraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker say a troop drawdown is possible. But that might not happen until this December at the earliest. Karen Blackway of Elysburg says that's not soon enough. "Regardless of the time involved and so on, i just believe that we should bring them home." Says Blackway. That's something that many here are hoping for sooner than later.