reply to post by tyranny22
Army General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker. It’s their war now.
Pres. Bush will begin loading up the papers he wants to keep away from the public and Congress. He'll put them on a 50 year hold. Secret, you know.
“Scooter” Liddy is “fixed” for now and a full pardon is due January 19, 2009. Silence is golden. George says, “We’ve got to keep the
water boy quiet, Dick!” Like his daddy in front of him, who pardoned Casper Weinberg to avoid jail time for his role in Iran Contra, junior Bush is
saving himself from a similar fate.
The
SURGE was a giant publicity stunt. Troop strength in late 2006, 130,000. Troop strength today, 165,000. Troop strength in June, ‘08,
130,000. Mission? Another phoney one, like the WMDs. It was sold to the American public to give sufficient security or space in Baghdad so the
disparate groups in Iraq could reconcile and as in the Holy Bible, “the lambs could lie down with the lions.” But neither the lambs nor the lions
seem interested. Hmm?
Withdrawal late this year and into next year? Not really. That is a ‘Petraeus’ term for what everyone else is calling ROTATION. Disingenuous?
Sure, but what do you expect from a man who looked you straight in the camera's eye and said “I wrote this report last night!” All the while his
aides were making a great flourish over distributing the report as if they were the first to see it.
Get a life. Generals don’t write reports. Lieutenants, captains and majors write reports, reviewed by colonels, typed by sergeants and signed as
their own by generals. In response to the MoveOn.org ad, General Petraeus put his foot into his own mouth! I expect that was the unstated purpose
behind the ad; to nail down responsibility for the report that will be the subject of much future debate.
Wow! Petraeus' performance was worth the Chairman’s seat at the Joint Chiefs table! Gen. Peter Pace, time for you to say goodbye and move on!
Bush43 has survived the only time period when his Iraq adventure was in real jeopardy. January to September, 2007. By conjuring the
SURGE, he
has managed to put off all serious debate over the war. More importaltly to him, was to HOLD potential Republican defectors until September. Now,
bolstered with the Oscar winning performances of P & C, “Stay the Course” from Petraeus and “12 to 18 months” longer from Crocker, Bush is
home free.
The 8-10 GOP senators who were “shaky” are now solid. It matters not a whit what Speaker Pelosi does in the House. Until the Dems get 10 GOPs to
go along, the Good Ole U S of A, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, is in another unwinable War we can't get out of! And Bush43 has
outmaneuvered the Dems and the American people! ThisWar won't crash on his watch! It's called
L E G A C Y.
How many more GIs will go KIA between now and when we do leave Iraq?
3,780 KIA as of today. 9/16/07
[edit on 9/16/2007 by donwhite]