Last spring, as the big troop surge in Iraq was getting underway, it was decided that General Patraeus would appear before Congress on September 15 to give an assessment of the situation in Iraq. That date was agreed upon by the White House because by then we would be seeing all kinds of wonderful progress in the war.
Now comes word that some generals are saying that September is too early, and that assessment should instead be made in November.
Even more troubling, the general in charge of American forces south of Baghdad now says the troop surge needs to last into NEXT summer for it to be effective.
This constant feeding of bullshit to the American people has to stop now. We have been fighting in Iraq for over four years now. We've been there six months longer than it took us to win World War II.
And what do we have to show for it? Well, there's that wonderful new White House intelligence report that says Al Qaeda is as strong as before 9-11, and that Osama bin Laden has benefited greatly from Bush's decision to invade Iraq.
The people running this war have been repeatedly wrong in the past. As a result of their ineptitude, 3632 American soldiers are dead, thousands more have been maimed for life, tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have been killed, and terrorists around the world are more inflamed than ever before. And now these very same geniuses responsible for this mess are telling us they just need a few more months? They have been repeatedly wrong about everything for the last four and a half years. Why on Earth should we start believing them now?
I need a drink.
Now comes word that some generals are saying that September is too early, and that assessment should instead be made in November.
Even more troubling, the general in charge of American forces south of Baghdad now says the troop surge needs to last into NEXT summer for it to be effective.
This constant feeding of bullshit to the American people has to stop now. We have been fighting in Iraq for over four years now. We've been there six months longer than it took us to win World War II.
And what do we have to show for it? Well, there's that wonderful new White House intelligence report that says Al Qaeda is as strong as before 9-11, and that Osama bin Laden has benefited greatly from Bush's decision to invade Iraq.
The people running this war have been repeatedly wrong in the past. As a result of their ineptitude, 3632 American soldiers are dead, thousands more have been maimed for life, tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have been killed, and terrorists around the world are more inflamed than ever before. And now these very same geniuses responsible for this mess are telling us they just need a few more months? They have been repeatedly wrong about everything for the last four and a half years. Why on Earth should we start believing them now?
I need a drink.
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