General Petraeus' Upcoming Positive Report on Iraq

[kentuck]

The Congress should not give the General's report more weight than it deserves. He was ready to give a positive report before the "surge" began. The President knows exactly what he is going to say. Otherwise, he would not be in his job. He would be gone like the other Generals that disagreed with the Commander in Chief.

But, it would benefit Congress to keep the General's report in perspective. Yes, he will say we have made great progress in Anbar Province. The Sunnis have joined us in the fight against the "al Qaeda in Iraq". He will point to the downturn in attacks in that area. He will point out the number of new troops that the Iraqi "government" has trained, etc...

However, he will not address the credibility we have lost around the world with the illegal invasion of that country. He will not address how our long-time allies have turned against us. He will not address the chaos that we have created in the larger Middle East. He will not address the creation of more terrorists because of our actions in Iraq. Simply reporting progress in a small area of Iraq overlooks the bigger picture and the bigger disaster. These are the questions the Democrats should ask him about.

[LaPera]

1. Does ANYONE expect anything but a bullshit glowing report from Bush's handpicked flunky?