No victory in Iraq, says Petraeus

Manifdestiny....you were saying?

As soon as I saw this, I instantly thought of ManifestDestiny...

But the same article quotes him:

He said al-Qaeda's efforts to portray its jihad in Iraq as going well were "disingenuous". It was, in fact "going poorly", he said.

Of his strategy of establishing joint security stations in key locations, Gen Petraeus said that "you can't secure the people if you don't live with them".

He said it was now fair to say that the Iraqis were standing up as US forces stood down. The confidence and capability of Iraqi forces had increased substantially, he said.