Waiting for the whitewash
On September 11 (how tasteful a choice of date is that?), David Petraeus will deliver will deliver what most observers expect to be an overly optimistic report on how things stand in Iraq. Though the report is widely called the “Petraeus report”, it will be written by the White House.
People who don’t work directly for The Decider — as Petraeus does — are already disagreeing with what will likely be a whitewash:
On Thursday, former Defense Secretary William Perry and other military experts sent a letter to congressional leaders, accusing the administration of misreporting the statistics in an effort to spin next month’s report.
The letter calls for “inquiry and attention into the exact nature and methodology that is being used to track the security situation in Iraq and specifically the assertions that sectarian violence is down.â€
The letter was signed by Perry, former Assistant Secretary of State Rand Beers, former Assistant Defense Secretary Mort Halperin and others.
On Thursday, The Washington Post obtained a copy of an upcoming General Accountability Office report on Iraq which contained a “strikingly negative†assessment of the security situation on the ground, forcing the White House to quickly play down the findings.
What can we do to try to stop the country from wasting hundreds of billions more dollars? What can we do to save hundreds of American lives? Tell local Congressmen Tom Reynolds, Jim Walsh, and Randy Kuhl to vote to end the occupation of Iraq.
On 9/11 - Have they no shame?
No, they have no shame.
This BS statement should enable a “skeptical” Randy Kuhl to continue rubberstamping Bush’s agenda
Yes, that is exactly what will happen.
I read a poll prediction at ourcampaigns.com that predicts Kuhl will lose as follows:
Massa - 39,315 (56.68%) Kuhl - 30,048 (43.32%)
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=345893
Cool link. I can’t figure out what “our campaigns” is really about but I like the site.