"The real question is how the White House proceeds with post-surge strategy in light of the report"

[dajoki]

Official: Report will say none of Iraq’s goals met
Draft, coming out this week, expected to accelerate debate on withdrawal
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19684595/

WASHINGTON - A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.

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The "pivot point" for addressing the matter will no longer be Sept. 15, as initially envisioned, when a full report on Bush's so-called "surge" plan is due, but instead will come this week when the interim mid-July
assessment is released, the official said.

"The facts are not in question," the official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because the draft is still under discussion. "The real question is how the White House proceeds with a post-surge strategy in light of the report."

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White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on Monday tried to lower expectations on the report, contending that all of the additional troops had just gotten in place and it would be unrealistic to expect major progress by now.

"You are not going to expect all the benchmarks to be met at the beginning of something," Snow said. "I'm not sure everyone's going to get an 'A' on the first report."

[BobRossi]

1. Too easy..

"We will not set time tables for defeating tear-wrists like the weenie Dems would do."

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[Dark]

2. Duh.

67 percent of America could have told you that.

The other 33 percent? High on antidepressants while waiting for the second coming of Christ.

[TeamJordan23]

3. The Republicans that want to save their jobs will turn against Bush now. nt

[redphish]

4. This is why being Bush's press secretary has to be a nightmare.

"You are not going to expect all the benchmarks to be met at the beginning of something," Snow said.
It's been how many years? How long are we supposed to wait?

[Telly Savalas]

5. I'd have a blast with that job.

Tailoring our Iraq policy to merely satisfy some misguided and narrowly defined "benchmarks" is analagous to a classroom that devalues broader educational goals by "teaching to the test". The White House supports a holistic policy which focuses on intangibles which can't be measured by simple benchmarks. Can you really use benchmarks to measure Freedom?

[redphish]

6. LMFAO

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[DeadElephant_ORG]

8. THAT was seriously f#cking funny

thank you!

[MadMaddie]

9. Hey Snowball hows No Child Left Behind working for ya....

He's a friggen idiot..

[smtpgirl]

7. 5 fucking years of this total dysfunctional bullshit

September is the withdraw, c'mon Dems get some balls!!