McCaffrey Reports on Iraq

We heard all the generals out to get Rumsfield's blood. But Belmont Club has an in depth report about Gen. McCaffrey's trip to Iraq, which gives the Army good marks,
The foreign jihadist fighters have been defeated as a strategic and operational threat to the creation of an Iraqi government. Aggressive small unit combat action by Coalition Forces combined with good intelligence - backed up by new Iraqi Security Forces is making an impact. The foreign fighters remain a serious tactical menace. However, they are a minor threat to the heavily armed and wary U.S. forces. They cannot successfully stop the Iraqi police and army recruitment.
but questions the rebuilding and the State Department, and notes the growing animosity of the military toward the media.
If I remember correctly, the plans was for the UN and the European Union to send in people for both peacekeeping and nation building. (headsup Instapundit).