Petraeus’ September Report Will Be Written By The White House
Petraeus’ September Report Will Be Written By The White House
The Los Angeles Times reports that Gen. David Petraeus’ upcoming Sept. 15 report on Iraq will be authored by the White House:
Despite Bush’s repeated statements that the report will reflect evaluations by Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, administration officials said it would actually be written by the White House, with inputs from officials throughout the government.
And though Petraeus and Crocker will present their recommendations on Capitol Hill, legislation passed by Congress leaves it to the president to decide how to interpret the report’s data.
In other words, the Sept. 15 report promises to be much like the July mid-term report which purported to show “satisfactory performance on 8 of the 18 benchmarks.” A closer look into those claims revealed that the progress was purely White House spin. Yet, the report accomplished its primary objective of producing media reports which suggested that the overall picture in Iraq was “mixed.”
The White House has repeatedly employed Petraeus as a PR flack, using him to promote failing Iraq policies and the war czar nomination.
President Bush had previously said he would “respect the command structure” and not intercede in the Petraeus report:
I will repeat, as the Commander-in-Chief of a great military who has supported this military and will continue to support this military, not only with my — with insisting that we get resources to them, but with — by respecting the command structure, I’m going to wait for David to come back — David Petraeus to come back and give us the report on what he sees.
Apparently, Bush doesn’t plan to wait for a report; instead, he’ll have it drafted prior to Petraeus’ return. Markos writes: “Let me predict the future: The report: ‘Success!’ The interpretation: ‘Smashing success!’”
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Let me guess what it will say; "The insurgency is in its last throes."
August 15th, 2007 at 10:12 amMaybe the White House has those fancy color printers?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:13 am"Blah blah blah blah blah blah BLAH!"
Sincerely,
Dickee Chainee
August 15th, 2007 at 10:13 amAnd what else did anyone expect from this pack of congenital liars??
August 15th, 2007 at 10:14 amFor the record, Cheney has admitted he was unduly optimistic, but at the time it certainly did look like things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq and we were turning the corner. You people nag like wives in a car just because a husband made one wrong turn -- we are back on the right track now.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:15 amSo what else is new? Nobody believes that this "report" will be anything more than another press release of propaganda to justify several more years of shame and death in Iraq. Yes, Petraeus is a tool and everyone knows it. How many suckers will buy that lie?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:16 amDid we really expect anything else?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:18 amYou people nag like wives in a car just because a husband made one wrong turn — we are back on the right track now.
Comment by Jake D. — August 15, 2007 @ 10:15 am
Unfortunately, that "wrong turn" put 150,000 troops and 2.5 trillion dollars into the wrong country. A bit of nagging is the least the neocons deserve.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:19 am"How many suckers will buy that lie?
Comment by Jo-Ann — August 15, 2007 @ 10:16 am"
Jake, michael, and the other incapable thinking types...
August 15th, 2007 at 10:19 amRUCurious - you took the words right out of my mouth. Did anyone expect anything different? Has anyone else noticed the strategy being used in leading up to the big "report"? Blame everything on al Quieda (I'm not defending them mind you), get out the talking points to say over and over that the "surge" is working, get a couple of so-called war critics to say things are improving, and on and on. Gee - it's 1984 - just a few years late.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:21 amevery dem on the panel should ask him the same question over and over:
"Who wrote your report general?"
August 15th, 2007 at 10:22 amOnce again...bad news at of Iraq is truth.
Good new is a lie...
Such defeatism. Got it love it. Really, I mean, you got it.
If cameras were on the beaches of Normandy broadcasting thru 24 hr cable news...left wingers would have us turning tail and coming home. Leaving Europe to the Nazis. Because no matter what reports came out of Europe of Genocide it would be a lie.
Or the fact we successful broke through the beaches...a lie.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:23 amHow is this news? Everyone who has paid any attention saw this months ago.
All that's left is to inform the media. Not that it will do any good. Their only interested in White House spin.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:23 amJune 25, 1876 - The White House today has released a press release stating that General Custer's ride at Little BigHorn is an enormous success.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:23 amTo all whitehouse mobsters heres my Report for you
CASUALTIES STARTING AUGUST 1st
Wednesday: 6 GIs, 1 Brit, 178 Iraqis Killed; 188 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 3 GIs, 116 Iraqis Killed; 76 Iraqis Wounded
Friday: 3 GIs, 22 Iraqis Killed; 13 Iraqis Wounded
Saturday: 1 Marine, 38 Iraqis Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 4 GIs, 116 Iraqis Killed; 49 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 8 GIs, 123 Iraqis Killed; 131 Iraqis Wounded
Tuesday: 3 GIs, 1 Briton, 63 Iraqis Killed; 50 Iraqis Wounded
Wednesday: 93 Iraqis, 1 Briton Killed; 63 Iraqis Wounded
Thursday: 3 GIs, 2 Britons, 46 Iraqis Killed; 21 Iraqis Wounded
Friday: 81 Iraqis Killed, 89 Wounded
Saturday: 1 GI, 81 Iraqis Killed; 34 Iraqis Wounded
Sunday: 5 GIs, 1 Fiji Soldier, 57 Iraqis Killed; 37 Iraqis Wounded
Monday: 4 GIs, 41 Iraqis Killed; 20 Iraqis Wounded
Yuesday: 6 GIs Killed in Iraq, 262 Iraqis
LOOKING BAD EH
August 15th, 2007 at 10:24 amwell well well Jake D Fake and lostcause,
here's your proof that the surge is working!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20274765/
You are so very, VERY welcome!
August 15th, 2007 at 10:25 amlostcosts, is your real name Strawman?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:26 amWith all the cameras and all the technology you would think outside of propoganda from defeatist they would have more than: LIAR!
August 15th, 2007 at 10:27 amYou people nag like wives in a car just because a husband made one wrong turn — we are back on the right track now.
Comment by Jake D. Fake — August 15, 2007 @ 10:15 am
could you please cut and paste someone else's web profile, to "prove" you actually have a wife?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:28 ammmmmmmmmK? Thanx!
Jake and the other neodolt's follow this load of Bushit. It's been over 4 years now and not any concrete report on the sanitary systems, water systems, roads, electrical grid, employment status or building the other key infrastucture and they blindly follow.
I want answers to where my money has been spent, how it's being accounted for and what are the short and long term goals.
The party of fiscal responsibility isn't being held responsible and hasn't been fiscally sound. But you follow with blinders and earplugs.
You may not realize this, but you are watching the last gasps of a republican party. The damage created by Bush, Rove, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Gonzo and the unseen phantoms have left the GOP a shell of it's former self. True conservatives are calling for a regrouping before it's too late but the one's in congress and the one's still in power are drunk on Fox mentality news and PNAC values.
GOP RIP you SOB
August 15th, 2007 at 10:28 amSURPRIZE SURPRIZE!!!!
To quote from a famous Marine, Gomer Pyle, USMC.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:29 amis better than having the cut and run from Fox democrats write it
August 15th, 2007 at 10:29 amWith all the cameras and all the technology you would think outside of propoganda from defeatist they would have more than: LIAR!
Comment by lostgirlsvideo — August 15, 2007 @ 10:27 am
Wow. I'm impressed. The ability to randomly pick words and arrange them so that they ALMOST make sense, is truly awe inspiring.
You may just have to quit your day job of producing videos at a girls club!
August 15th, 2007 at 10:31 amAnd Drxj...are we not in war...and how would that NOT happen if we were not there....
All it takes is the enemy to blow up one bomb and the surge is NOT working....
read this from those there....
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,499154,00.html
DRxJ...like I said...WAR IS Hell...you lose some battles but you must move on to win the war. Most Iraqis are joining the United States because they realizing how extreme al Qaeda and the like are.
And that we are not as bad as being told by the extremist and left wingers like yourself that want us to lose...
August 15th, 2007 at 10:31 amNah - written by BushCo? Yah Think? BushCo isn't gong to budge on IRAQ. We will be there in force 160,000+ /180,000 well paid contrators until at least sometime 2009. This is just the usual Whack-a-Mole game that they play. Dems have fallen for it everyday of evey year of this administration. Sucks Big Time........
August 15th, 2007 at 10:31 amTrolls, For the 323,723,236th time, don't try to equate World War II and the Iraq Occupation. (Liberals won World War II over the Fascists - Conservatives wanted to stay out of it and be nice with the Germans.)
August 15th, 2007 at 10:31 amJake D, surely you know you can easily be found by our sleuthing government. They need YOU for the 'war' effort. You better get your affairs in order.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:32 amlol, without karl rove, it just might be written in crayon
"TEH SUGRE IZ GOIN FYNE!!!"
-georgie :) (oops i meen Geniral Patreyis)
August 15th, 2007 at 10:34 amDrxj--
great response...again...no foundation for your illogical conclusion...just a puppet of the left wing enablers.
Resort to personal attacks. I, on the other hand, help people in my community. What about you? You ridicule that help because it must be some hidden agenda.
Get a life...help a neighbor.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:34 amSo this report will be spun so tightly that the paper it's printed on will resemble twine.
Not much point in reading it...
August 15th, 2007 at 10:36 amDRxJ…like I said…WAR IS Hell…you lose some battles but you must move on to win the war.
Comment by lustcosts — August 15, 2007 @ 10:31 am
Wow, how articulate.
Fair enough, but since we ARE NOT AT WAR, this does not apply.
Here are two simple requests for you:
1) Define the enemy in this occupation
2) Define the victory of this occupation
Take your time.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:37 amI wonder if some of the trolls are typing their posts while being loofa-ed by their favorite right-wing propagandist.... but I digress.
This administration has consistantly demonstrated that they don't trust the 'truth' unless they create it. This is something that the MSM has been shown time and time again, but continues to 'trust' the information that comes out of the White House.
What's worse, is that Congress, even under the Democrats, just can't seem to wrap their thoughts around the undeniable fact that the administration will lie to them and call it the truth.
We need to wake up, and wake up the people who are supposedly watching out for us that anything that comes out of the White House must be viewed with the understanding that it represents the truth as the White House sees it, not as reality sees it.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:39 amNow might be a good time to start spreading this information as far and wide as possible. So that as many people as possible know where this report is coming from before it shows up.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:40 amMaybe rent some bill-boards next to the freeway, or hang banners from every bridge, that sort of thing.
DRxJ---
At first it was Iraqi army...done
Rid the country of Saddam and his supporters...done
Help set up a gov't....done
Allow Iraqis to vote....done in record numbers...more than in America
Stablize the region....surge is showing it is working...
Turn over power to Iraqi military....in progress....
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,499154,00.html
August 15th, 2007 at 10:41 amResort to personal attacks
Comment by lustcuts — August 15, 2007 @ 10:34 am
Okay. I guess as long as you haven't resorted to personal attacks, I should apologize.
Well, I'm........
Wait, what's this?
Why from your own posts here on this thread:
left wingers like yourself that want us to lose…
Comment by lostcosts — August 15, 2007 @ 10:31 am
If cameras were on the beaches of Normandy broadcasting thru 24 hr cable news…left wingers would have us turning tail and coming home
just a puppet of the left wing enablers.
Whoops. Forget the apology. And while your at it, quit drinking the "left wingers are to blame" grape koolaid.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:42 amThe girls at the club you produce videos for say that your purple mustache looks silly
So the WH is doing Patreus' homework now? Do ya think it will earn a better mark than the "C's" the Prez-o-dent got all thru college?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:44 amWell, now we know why Petraus is always dresssed in camoflage.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:44 amMaybe rent some bill-boards next to the freeway, or hang banners from every bridge, that sort of thing.
Yeah maybe, how about you get on that and spend some of your own money to make sure this all-important information gets disseminated?
Or are you one of those folkses who rant about "taking back the country" and then decide that getting high score on Halo-2 is more important?
Im guessing the latter.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:44 amBeen away for awhile, but noted today Trolls are getting dumber.
I didn't think that was possible, but lost cause proves it beyond a doubt.
Trolls, go join KKKarl in hole somewhere & let his wisdom rub off on you.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:45 amOr just rub KKKarl where he likes it like Gannon did, but quit displaying your ignorance in public, mmmmk?
"Blame everything on al Quieda (I’m not defending them mind you), get out the talking points to say over and over that the “surge†is working, get a couple of so-called war critics to say things are improving, and on and on. Gee - it’s 1984 - just a few years late."
You forgot the most important talking point. We can't leave because if we do there will be genocide.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:45 amAre you not a left winger DRxJ...I sincerely apologize if you are not.
By the way...Kool-Aid...Please?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:45 amlostcosts
If you feel that it is right and proper to launch ad-hominem attacks against the left, then don't whine about it when the left starts treating you with the same courtesy you little pussbag.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:47 am...
Despite Bush’s repeated statements that the report will reflect evaluations by Petraeus and Ryan Crocker...
well, there you go... "the report will REFLECT evaluations"...
these criminals are very very good at CYA...
August 15th, 2007 at 10:48 am.
"Wow. I’m impressed. The ability to randomly pick words and arrange them so that they ALMOST make sense, is truly awe inspiring.
You may just have to quit your day job of producing videos at a girls club!
Comment by DRxJ "
It's called "word salad". It is an affliction often shown by the severely mentally ill.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:49 amI am confused, I thought Bush listened to his Generals? OT, this illustrates why Bush is unfit to govern. Instead of basing decisions on reality. He is basing decisions on fantasy, and when the reality doesn't meet the fantasy, he makes them. How can you make a rational decision, if you don't have access to all the facts?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:49 amgus smith:
I'm 75 year old and already served in the Korean War. I figure it's your turn way before mine again ; )
August 15th, 2007 at 10:49 am"Chaff-Foil Strips To Confuse Radar"
You're a little behind the screw-ball; radar is so, like, yesterday....
August 15th, 2007 at 10:49 amBut keep wearing the tin foil, it's a lot easier for the spy satellites to pick you up...
For the record, Cheney has admitted he was unduly optimistic, but at the time it certainly did look like things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq and we were turning the corner. You people nag like wives in a car just because a husband made one wrong turn — we are back on the right track now.
Comment by Jake D. — August 15, 2007 @ 10:15 am
I'll overlook your completely unnecessary negative gender stereotypes and address what I think you are trying to say.
1) Yes, Cheney has admitted that he was unduly optimistic. That's because nobody is buying his Iraq spin anymore, and it was the most positive way he could admit that we are stuck in a sh!tpile.
2) In the beginning, there were some objectives that were reached (and celebrated). Saddam was ousted. An election was held. Saddam was captured. But "turning the corner"? These victories have been more than overshadowed by negative consequences. We have started a very ugly civil war, and the puppet coalition we installed is fraying badly. We've been turning more corners than you find in an Escher drawing.
3) By equating the invasion and subsequent occupation in Iraq to making a wrong turn while driving, you belittle our actions as minor. It's more like making a wrong turn off a steep cliff. It has created lasting damage and it's virtually impossible to get back on the correct road again.
4) You think we're on the right track again? I still don't see any actual progress, or any other evidence of this. I just hear talk about bombing Iran -- which just seems like sliding down the cliff further.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:49 amI am done with TP. They say they don't want registration because it stifles free speech. But they indiscrimantly throw posts away into the nether. FU TP, I am done.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:49 amAmerican public are NOT fooled by this crap, but it must be to fool the membership of the Congress to keep funding the Iraq occupation fiasco.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:50 amTrolls, go join KKKarl in hole somewhere
I might do that except that I think he is busy conversing with an actual KKK member, the conscience of the senate, democrat from West Virgineee, whats his name again? "Exalted Cyclops" something or other.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:50 am“the report will REFLECT evaluationsâ€â€¦
Comment by katy
And, as we all know, a reflected image is backwards.....
August 15th, 2007 at 10:51 amsomeone nailed it just right yesterday...
i think we ought to make it stick: LOST CAUSE
can we name it that? please? huh? can we?
please please please? ...
as long as we don't ignore it?
LOST CAUSE.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:51 am.
lostcosts, or lost cause, whoever you are,
You're going to get eaten up faster than fatty ribs at a Texas BBQ here.
Remember, the White House is writing the report Bush has been talking about for the last 3 months.
Do you think Bush will write it? Consider the fact his writing skills are on the same level as yours.
Still think so?
I hope they're paying you well because being toasted isn't pretty.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:53 amIf you feel that it is right and proper to launch ad-hominem attacks against the left, then don’t whine about it when the left starts treating you with the same courtesy you little pussbag.
Shut your piehole, "Bruce", I didnt give your dumb ass permission to post.
Now get back under the sink!
August 15th, 2007 at 10:53 amNo. 50, Bluedahlia:
August 15th, 2007 at 10:54 amI've noticed that alot over the last few weeks.
On some threads, every post you submit is thrown out.
And, as we all know, a reflected image is backwards…..
Comment by Raven — August 15, 2007 @ 10:51 am
cool! very good, raven...
August 15th, 2007 at 10:55 ami shall remember that...
fits perfectly with the OPPOSITE DAY IN BUSHCO BIZARRO WORLD...
...
"left wingers like yourself that want us to lose…"
Comment by lostcosts — August 15, 2007 @ 10:31 am
Hey, I'm open to winning -- what, exactly, would a "win" in Iraq look like? And how do you suggest we achieve that?
August 15th, 2007 at 10:55 amShut your piehole, “Bruceâ€, I didnt give your dumb ass permission to post.
Now get back under the sink!
Comment by Petty Petty Bird — August 15, 2007 @ 10:53 am
wow, way to contribute to the topic of this thread.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:56 amYour style of debate and knowledge of current events is unmatched!
Bye, bye -- Bluedahlia.
August 15th, 2007 at 10:59 amwow, way to contribute to the topic of this thread.
You meant to whine about Bruce too I take it, since you seem so offended? Just want to make sure youre evenhanded in your righteous criticism.
"you little pussbag."
August 15th, 2007 at 11:00 amComment by Bruce Gorton — August 15, 2007 @ 10:47 am
testing
August 15th, 2007 at 11:01 amWhere's the Iraqi constitution? It's never been settled on. They don't have a completed constitution. The Iraqi govt. is in shambles and may not return from their vacation. Maliki is ready to jump ship.
Over 190,000 weapons have gone missing under Gen. Petreaus. An additional jump for weapons was just stopped that didn't involve the US.
This administration talks in such abstract terms but there is no concrete evidence of any great success. Our soldiers have been used as policemen and targets for too long. I value the american fighting military and all it's personel. This conflict (not a war) was started for the wrong reasons, executed in a manner that would have their leaders court martialed and no real vision on how to achieve an unattainable goal of forcing democracy on the Iraqis.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:02 amAmerican public are NOT fooled by this crap, but it must be to fool the membership of the Congress to keep funding the Iraq occupation fiasco.
Shhhhhhh...Jay....its the Jooooooooooooooooss who are fooling everyone.
They are behind all of this, with their Jooo claws and their gold; they committed the 911 attacks and now they are trying to take over America.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:03 amAt first it was Iraqi army…done
Rid the country of Saddam and his supporters…done
Help set up a gov’t….done
Allow Iraqis to vote….done in record numbers…more than in America
Stablize the region….surge is showing it is working…
Turn over power to Iraqi military….in progress….
Comment by lostcause — August 15, 2007 @ 10:41 am
I take it this was your respone to my request for defining the enemy and terms of victory for Operation Infinite Iraqi Occupation.
I'll make it "simpler" for you:
Who is the enemy?
How do we attain victory?
By your accounts from above, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
Sweet! Bring the boys (and girls) home, NOW!!!
August 15th, 2007 at 11:04 amDRxJ—
At first it was Iraqi army…done
Rid the country of Saddam and his supporters…done
Help set up a gov’t….done
Allow Iraqis to vote….done in record numbers…more than in America
Stablize the region….surge is showing it is working…
Turn over power to Iraqi military….in progress….
http://www.spiegel.de/ international/ world/ 0,1518,499154,00.html
Iraqi Army was defeated and bombed for 10 years before we invaded.
Govt has fallen apart, they are less effective than our own. The Sunni's just walked out.
An election of local warlords now fighting over power. (civil wars)
Stabilize the region my ass. Deaths are up for both Americans and Iraqi's.
HAHAHAHAHAH The ole when they stand up, wel'll stand down.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:06 amI wonder how Betrayus feels about being a stooge for the Bush Crime Family? It shows that he lacks moral fiber. People with good moral fiber would not allow anyone to put words in their mouth. I suspect that there is a big payoff (monetary) waiting for Betrayus when this is all over and done with.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:07 amthey committed the 911 attacks and now they are trying to take over America.
Comment by Chaff-Foil Strap-ons To Confuse My Mom — August 15, 2007 @ 11:03 am
Hi Mr.P
August 15th, 2007 at 11:07 amgood to see you posting under another name, again.
I enjoy the pretense that this one is somehow unique. our congress is being blackmailed
August 15th, 2007 at 11:07 amOnly a Neoturd/Chickenhawk could feel comforted by the words of an IDIOT - Dumbya.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:16 amHow much more of this is it going to take before every American realizes we have a crisis in this country brought on by incompetent leadership?
August 15th, 2007 at 11:17 amChaff-Foil Strap-ons To Confuse My Mom
Ah, the insecurity of the Neoturd/Chickenhawk and his pathetic little name-changing game - the sure sign of a bonafide LOSER.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:18 amWell, gee whiz, the White House writing the status report out to make believers out of the non-believers -- NOT!
Maybe this was Karl's last great idea before he hopped the silver bird down the road to Texas with Kowboy Georgie.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:18 amAll Arabs should take over America. It would enrich our culture and promote die-versity.
Comment by Nachos of Justice
Sure thing, ANYTHING that makes a Chickenhawk squirm is FINE with me, cowardly little momma's boy.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:20 am...mommy must have needed her $20 blowjob basement for her round of 'morners', the poor little trolls had to get out of bed early today!
August 15th, 2007 at 11:22 amPathetic. Petraeus, yet another shill for Bush and his failed policies in Iraq. Credibility? Zero.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:28 amThe White House HAS to write this report. Patreaus doesn't have all the resources at his disposal to generate the massive number of LIES needed to spin the war properly.
The report will show the "surge" has worked well enough to support continuing our operations, but NOT so well that we can begin to pull out the troops.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:29 amThink you woudn’t be a victim of their insanity?
Comment by Nachos of Justice
No, cause I'm not afraid of the boogeyman.
That's for children and cowards, so which are you? Both??
And try to remember, not all Muslims are "Arabs", stupid tool.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:30 amThe report will show the “surge†has worked well enough to support continuing our operations, but NOT so well that we can begin to pull out the troops.
Comment by Republicans Can't Govern. — August 15, 2007 @ 11:29 am
What an amazing tightrope walk. Anything to continue the death and destruction.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:31 amPoor little chickenhawks, what would they do without something to fear?
God forbid something worthwhile, but instead, they come here frothing at the mouth, crying like little babies.
Chickenhawks, EVERYONE. Such big cowardly p*ssies that they want SOMEONE else to do their killing for them!!
Get a life ignorant trolls. The world will thank you (eventually).
August 15th, 2007 at 11:33 amTP neoturd trolls:
Too stupid to be allowed to post on a Wingnut site(they wouldn't get past the registration required, obviously), so they're forced to come here.
PATHETIC
LOSERS.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:35 amThe two consistent neoturd chickenhawks here will soon take their puke a$$es back to college where they can be force-fed all the good Liberal ideas their back-woods parents were too dumb to comprehend.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:38 amThe above comparison to press releases at the time of the Normandy invasion is quite accurate, except that the Septemer report discussed comes from the Bunker in Berlin, not the BBC.
T
August 15th, 2007 at 11:41 amThe more they progress to some end, the more reasons we have to discuss reducing the numbers.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:41 amBring on a success story!
Off topic but...Bluedahlia:
I would hate to see you leave, I've enjoyed your contribution.
Lost posts are something everyone here has had at times.
I don't see how registration will help with that or repetitive trolls. It will help with namejacking.
Even so, I'd like to keep Think Progress just as it always has been.

August 15th, 2007 at 11:43 amHere's what Bush's report authored for Petraeus will say:
August 15th, 2007 at 11:44 am"We're Making Progress."
So: consider that the report will be political, and not objective, in substance
What exactly does the Democrat leadership plan to do? It had better not be "wring hands" or "have alot of press conferences". I expect some sort of ass-kicking.
Suggestions?
-r
August 15th, 2007 at 11:46 am"Oh no! Osama's coming to get me! Let's give away all our rights!"
August 15th, 2007 at 11:47 amWhen did Republicans turn into such a bunch of pussies?
why can't we all just write our own performance reviews at work, or for that matter, write our own paychecks?
why are righties so eager to reinstate monarchy??
another day for the Founders to weep bitter grave tears.
August 15th, 2007 at 11:53 amSame old sh*t, different report.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:00 pmIsn't it a shame that Bush supporters just won't believe anything we present them to show what their hero is doing to America? If it isn't from Rush, Sean, Bill, Michelle, Ann or Fox, it must be a leftwing lie, when in fact it is their heroes who are the ones doing the lying.
We simply must put a Democrat in the White House in 2008 or learn to live with these folks' ideas.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:13 pmSo let me get this straight. The White House will write the report, then, because of legistation passes by Congress, gets to interpret the information in the report. We are so screwed as a nation.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:13 pm#99 Susan; You've summed it up nicely.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:32 pm#99 Susan, this is the exact same tactic the Bushits used in the force resolution...
August 15th, 2007 at 12:43 pmJust goes to show that if you want something done Radically Right, then do it yourself.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pmThese people need to be sent to prison to await sentencing for war crimes, murder, treason, torture, violations of the Constitution, and lying us into an illegal war. Period. If we fail to do that, then we risk losing our country.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:56 pmbetter attack this report hard. Because it's not looking good for progressives; progress in Iraq. If democracy can be secured in Iraq, democrats are doomed. And better get the troops out, while we can still claim defeat.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:59 pmnumbers are off agin, TP did some editing.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:08 pm"Gen. David Petraeus’ upcoming Sept. 15 report on Iraq will be authored by the White House", or perhaps by Karl Rove who suddenly went into seclusion after a full day of "interviews" which were nothing more than self-promoting stunts.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pmTroops? Who gives a shit about the troops? This report is all about giving Boy George cover so he can leave in 2009 without having to say he was wrong. The Repugnicunts will calim progress in spite of the fact that every non-liar will say that Iraq is going down the tubes,
The rolling six months until real Americans take the reins back.
Please note that I did not call any of these evil sick puke sycophant bastards names. It's not the liberal way is it?
August 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pmThis report will be coming from the world of Bush's Fantasyland.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:24 pmSooo, the whole wmd thing in Iraq was just a lie.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:24 pmAnd now that they have basically admitted it, no penalty.
Something is very wrong with Congress.
If democracy can be secured in Iraq, democrats are doomed. And better get the troops out, while we can still claim defeat.
Comment by paul
Poor GOPers, don't you ever have wet dreams about SEX instead of KILLING?
August 15th, 2007 at 1:26 pmActually, the headline is in error.
Specifically it says "will be" written by the White House.
The correct phrase should be "has already been" written by the White House. Specifically back in January when the Surge was announced.
And everyone in Washington knows this. Except the MSM, of course.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:32 pmRe: "If cameras were on the beaches of Normandy ..."
Bush's unprovoked invasion of Iraq is nothing like the United States war against Nazi Germany. And George W. Bush is not the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln.
No matter how much the NeoConservatives tell America to believe it.
Now, attacking the Taliban in Afghanistan IS a better comparison. In which case, the Bush Administration did "storm the beaches of Normandy". Then Bush immediately left Europe and launched an invasion of... Argentina!
Grand praise and Conservative declarations that George W. Bush is the second coming of the Lord do not mask his complete incompetence. They only emphasize the degree to which Conservatives are more loyal to George W. Bush personally than they are to the United States of America (as was confirmed by Sara Taylor's sworn testimony to Congress).
August 15th, 2007 at 1:41 pmWell, more of the usual modus operandi of the Bush clan: If reality doesn't match your ideas on what it should be, then reject it, and manufacture your own.
This is exactly what they did before invading Iraq: They manufactured the intelligence to "prove" that Hussein had WMD, had links to AlQaeda, and he could hand those WMD to AlQaeda and other terrorist groups.
With Feith out of the picture, I wonder who is writing these reports based on an alternative conservative "reality", you know, the one without a liberal "bias", and how many more lives and money they're willing to spend on Iraq. Compassionate conservatism at its best.
August 15th, 2007 at 1:59 pmWill the report be written in crayon?
August 15th, 2007 at 2:07 pmHasn't this report already been fabricated anyway?
August 15th, 2007 at 2:10 pmIt is time for everyone to go see the movie, "No End in Sight."
Maybe W will pay Karl consulting fees to write the report for him.
August 15th, 2007 at 2:16 pmThis General would do well to read the speech another General made at the UN. Colin Powell too was the voice of the government and lived to regret it and will carry the blight of that presentation to the end of his life.
If General Petraeus accepts this role he would do well to read the small print. If he signs the contract he becomes responsible...Perhaps he was chosen for this purpose - after all the Great Decider is never held responsible for anything. The General may just be taken for a sitting duck.
August 15th, 2007 at 2:19 pmThe new report will be written by the new White House writer Mary Poppins.
August 15th, 2007 at 2:23 pm111. I hear Spongebob and Patrick also are contributing.
August 15th, 2007 at 2:31 pmJust a spoonful of of billions will make the war go on, the war go ooooonnnn!!!!!!! :)
August 15th, 2007 at 2:41 pmThe Bush gift to America that keeps on killing.
August 15th, 2007 at 2:54 pmHasn't this report already been fabricated anyway?- comment by had enough
Pre-fabricated actually.
August 15th, 2007 at 3:29 pmMy advice: Put Petraeus under oath and then ask him what the reality is like on the ground in Iraq. Ask him if the report has any basis in reality. But, of course, our dear elected Democrats won't do that.
August 15th, 2007 at 3:30 pmBirdie in the hand for life's rich demand
The insurgency began and you missed it
I looked for it and I found it
Miles Standish proud, congratulate me
A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand
August 15th, 2007 at 3:30 pmOf the powers, the only vote that matters
Silence means security silence means approval
On Zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree
Follow the leader, run and turn into butter
Hasn’t this report already been fabricated anyway?
Comment by had enough — August 15, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
Yes, I suspect this report was written around last February. Just before the surge officially began in March.
August 15th, 2007 at 3:48 pm#23 gets the smackdown Oscar. This band of trolls and trollettes knows the G.O.P Titanic has already hit the iceberg, and we watch them put on their lead-weighted life-jackets in blind faith. Such a sadly funny scene.
August 15th, 2007 at 3:52 pmFirst of all, I'd imagine this report has already been written... I'd imagine it was written months ago and they've just been waiting until September to release it.
Second, I'm just guessing we'll see Petraeus resign soon... probably with the "want to spend more time with family" excuse that they've been using lately.
Third, I'm also just guessing, the report will say that the surge is working wonderfully, they need another 6 months (and after that, another 6 months, and then another, and then another, etc.) to evaluate progress, and they will punctuate the report with lots of evidence that Iran should be invaded next.
August 15th, 2007 at 3:58 pmThe headling is incorrect. The report won't be written by the "White House". It will be written by the "Fourth Branch of the Government". The Petraeus Report will be Cheney's work.
August 15th, 2007 at 4:44 pmPetraeus is expected to ask for a troop reduction. How much you wanna bet the WH will write the exact opposite?
Maestro, please- Cue Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends."
August 15th, 2007 at 5:10 pmPetraeus' report will only ask for more time. Just like the republicans are doing right now. But it is clear to the American people that the surge has failed to produce the political progress we were promised. The strategy was flawed from the beginning. Giving it 6 more months will not change the conditions on the ground in Iraq.
August 15th, 2007 at 5:33 pmWhat I would like to see, is that everyone just ignore the comments from the ridiculous apologist Bush supporters. I truly believe that they are only there to divert attention away from a topic, because then what they say becomes the topic. They are likely a planted diversion. Ignore them, they are not worth engaging in any serious dialog. There can be no rational person left that thinks that way. I suggest just looking at it as a Colbert twist and have a laugh.
August 15th, 2007 at 6:40 pmOf course the white house is going to write it. Like this should surprise anyone? ~M
August 15th, 2007 at 6:50 pmIf anyone thought it would be any different you were just fooling yourself. The fact that Bush has said Petraeus about 5 million times on tv makes it quite obvious that it won't be Petraeus's report at all. Isn't obvious how these neocon's think? I just wish they'd understand that they're the ones that don't get it it, not us. It's the age old game of blaming the other side for doing exactly what you are doing. Genius, why didn't I think of that!
August 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pmBush only listens to the generals when he puts the words into their mouths?
August 15th, 2007 at 7:18 pmBush makes a big deal about being Commander-in-Chief who respects the command structure. What kind of respect is he showing by referring to General Petraeus by his first name in his public statements? What message does that send the troops? "Hey, guys, don't worry 'cause David's looking over you?"
BTW trolls: If you are so gung-ho about "fighting them over there so we won't have to fight them here," and "staying the course until we are victorious," I want you to know your local enlistment offices are open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Those of us who have already served in the military would be happy to help you fill out the necessary forms.
August 15th, 2007 at 8:19 pmMy favorite recent Bushism regarding the surge:
"just give my chance a plan to work"
(as said on the Charlie Rose show by George Bush, April 24, 2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkTN-kdl374
August 15th, 2007 at 9:54 pmBush has already said we will NOT leave iraq as long as he's the deceider. What part of that don't people believe?
August 16th, 2007 at 11:24 amHow to get out of Iraq:
August 16th, 2007 at 11:52 amStep one: Impeach Bush and Cheney.
Step two: Move all of our forces to the borders of Iraq to prevent any outside countries from entering Iraq.
Step three: Wait for the Iraqi people to settle their differences and form their own government.
Step four: Get out of Iraq and go after Al Qaeda in an all out war.
If we treat Al Qaeda right and eliminate them, the problems with the middle east will be fewer and less serious. Right now they confuse our delicate handling of Iraq with weakness. We need to show some pictures of Japan and Germany after WWII. Whole cities turned to rubble, lots of them. They do not understand what war with a major power can be like because they have never seen it. All they have seen is the limited police action in Iraq in both "middle east wars". The Gulf war wasn't war it was target practice. I still think we should have gone to Baghdad then. Just to drive our tanks down the main street and leave. The result may have been better than what we have now.
The SURGE is working to ensure we have troops in the region when we attack Iran. Then, there won't be enough, and then we must keep surging. You know, like the profits of WarMongers, Inc. (blackwater, KB&R, et. al) All of this paid with money we don't have.
August 16th, 2007 at 12:01 pmI agree with the Conventional Wisdom that the Whitehouse hopes to "spin" the Petraeus report in September ... which conceivably could, but probably won't, accurately reflect his own military evaluation of the situation. Will the general go along? With others writing the report, yes. With personally reading the report to Congress that others wrote, probably yes. With declaring (if anyone dares to ask) that in all respects it accurately reflects his own judgment, quite unlikely. There is something that West Point trys to drill into every cadet and probably succeeded with Petraeus --- Duty, Honor, Country. Assuming anyone in Congress has the guts to simply ask the general if the report is, essentially, his own, I do not think he will lie about it. I do think nobody will have the guts to ask.
D.S. Arthur
August 16th, 2007 at 12:43 pmLa Mesa, CA
Even Chavez, Venezuela's el presidente, would scream: Those damn communists.
August 16th, 2007 at 1:59 pmThe BS Meter is redlining with this news!
August 16th, 2007 at 3:10 pmAmerica is never gonna leave Iraq. Never!
It makes little difference if they reduce the amount of soldiers inside Iraq because there are 300 thousand private mercenairies there.
"Military men are just dumb stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.â€
--Henry Kissinger, quoted in “Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed Its Own POW’s in Vietnamâ€--
America has encouraged sectarian violence within the middle east since the beginning of time. For the past 100 years America has supported Sunni governments in Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. There is no way in hell that after a hundred years and trillions being spent, that America is gonna walk away and give Iraq to Shiite Iran.
Get Real!
The recent arms deal with Saudi Arabia was just a back-door agreement to allow Saudi Arabia to arm the Sunni's in Iraq as they have been doing since the invasion. Saudi Arabia is causing more violence inside Iraq then Iran ever thought of doing.
During the sanctions against Saddam in the 90's, America wiped out 500 thousand Iraqi's. Secretary of State, Albright, claimed that 500 thousand deaths was a price worth paying!
"Oil is much too important a commodity to be left in the hands
of the Arabs."
--Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon & Ford--
I truly believe that America deliberately set out to cause chaos inside Iraq since the beginning. Had the invasion gone well or had been conducted as per the Geneva Conventions, America would have no reason to remain. It is only the continuing violence" which America can use as an excuse to Stay-n-Slay! What we are calling "Bush Lies" was actually American policy! It is easier for America to defend or to excuse a lie then to admit International theft!
America has huge experience with the Divide and Conquer schemes during the past 300 years. It is called "Foreign Policy".
The U.S. method of pacifying Iraq after Saddam Hussein's fall actually spurred an anti-American insurgency.
The failure of America to secure 10,000 ammo dumps and missile facilities immediately following the invasion. Looters systematically dismantled and removed 377 tons of explosives, many Al Samouds and Fatah missiles,
The Pentagon admits that a breathtaking 250,000 tons of heavy ordnance - aircraft bombs, artillery and tank shells, mines, rockets -- were allowed to be looted after the invasion. That's equivalent to 1 million 500-pound bombs. At twenty 250-pound roadside mines or market closeouts a day, that's enough for 274 years of attacks.
The U.S. Inspector General concluded that of the 505,093 weapons that have been given to the Iraqi Ministries of Interior and Defense over the last several years, serial numbers for only 12,128 were properly recorded. In addition; 751 of the M1-F assault rifles sent to Iraq were missing, and nearly 100 MP-5 machine guns. 200,000 AK47s Fallen Into The Hands Of Iraqi "Terrorists". Thousands of guns meant for Iraq's police and army instead went to al-Qaeda. The equipment included two launcher mounts for shoulder-fired guided missiles, two guided missile radar test sets, ceramic body armor inserts currently used by deployed troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, a digital signal converter used in naval surveillance, an all-band antenna used to track aircraft and 12 digital microcircuits used in F-14 fighter aircraft.
America did the same thing in Iraq that they had done in Bosnia. The UNDP says about 20 percent of the civilian population in Bosnia possesses weapons, most of them illegally. The number is put at close to 500,000 in a country of some 3.8 million. About 200,000 weapons and 40 to 50 million rounds of ammunition have been exported by Bosnia to Iraq.
If Los Angeles said the Bloods and the Crips are going to be tolerated, they’re going to be armed and police their areas and enforce the law in certain areas, what sense would Los Angeles have of government?"
Calm
August 17th, 2007 at 11:26 amI could supply links to any of the above mentioned information if anybody wants to quibble with the facts.
Calm
August 17th, 2007 at 11:36 amThis war has been fought with lies from its very beginning. This is just another example of why Bush is failing at this war. He's not interested in the truth or even the true nature of his enemy. He's creating his reality as he goes from his pampered upperclass reality bubble. Because he denies reality he has declaired war on reality. Reality is going to kick our ass.
August 17th, 2007 at 2:50 pm-VIDEO-
White House To Write Patraeus Report
August 20th, 2007 at 11:40 amhttp://beta.redlasso.com/Community/ClipPlayer.aspx?i=bac9f5da-e13e-4aff-8a3d-294bed3007b3
So... Bush is a flip-flopper
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:34 pmDo Americans believe the Petraeus/White House Report will be honest?
By: John Amato on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 2:19 PM - PDT Not according to the new Rasmussen Poll:
…39% believe the report will honestly and accurately reflect the General’s true assessment of the situation in Iraq. Thirty-five percent (35%) say it will not while 26% are not sure.
You could say 65% of Americans believe this will be more propaganda coming from the White House on Iraq as usual.
add your voice to the choir....
September 6th, 2007 at 5:36 pmhttp://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/09/06/do-americans-believe-the-petraeuswhite-house-report-will-be-honest/#comments
For the record, we need to be in Iraq and should remain there for the foreseeable future, although in a much diminished capacity. The world is at war; we didn't cause or start it. Terrorism is real and unless this country starts to pull together and realize that an isolationist policy will not work; nor will ignoring, placating or pacifying stop the spread of terrorism. If you think we will not be attacked if we pull all our forces out of Iraq you are badly mistaken. We need to take the initiative, hunt them down and eliminate them as long as they are determined to destroy the USA which they believe to be the "great satin". Also, all the spin in the world won't make it so and unless you've been living under a rock, we won the war a long time ago and it was the most brilliantly planned and executed military operation in world history. It is now a support operation to help stabilize the new government. Progress has been obviously but ignored by some because they want to look at and report only on the negative and bash the administration.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:22 pm