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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
From yesterday's hearings:

• BIDEN: Now, how many [Iraqi forces] do you really think are trained that Allawi can look to and say, I can rely on those forces? What do you think that number is?
  
  ....RICE: We think the number right now is somewhere over 120,000.
  
  ....BIDEN: Well, I thank you for your answer. I think you'll find, if you speak to the folks on the ground, they don't think there's more than 4,000 actually trained Iraqi forces. I strongly urge you to pick up the phone or go see these folks.

Rice has obviously been getting her rosy view of the world from bilmore. Not that it matters, since she's not going to be near the reins of power.

Did she get Iraq confused with Chicago? Maybe now isn't the time for diplomacy.