They Must Think We're Idiots

[dajoki]

They Must Think We're Idiots
posted: 4:59 PM, August 22, 2007 by Harkavy
Oh, by the way, the White House will be writing Petraeus's report.
http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/2007/08/they_must_think.php

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In addition to my own work, here are two Pentagon maps of Iraq. The black-and-white one is from August 2002, and the only reason we can even look at it is that the National Security Archive pried it out of the U.S. government. The nice color one is part of the Pentagon's slide-into-hell show, freely available at a May 31, 2007, press briefing.




August 2002: Page 17 of "Tab K," the formerly secret map of Iraq from the U.S. military's August 2002 invasion plans.



May 2007: A slide from the Pentagon's May 31, 2007 briefing. Nice job by the military on the colors, huh?

On the August 2002 map, I count four "exploits," three "protects," one "fix," one "isolate," two "seizes," one "gain control," and one "suppress." Oh, and one "shock and awe."

On the May 2007 map, we've got only one "protect," but we have three "disrupts," two "extremists," two "defeats," and two "transitions." Instead of "shock and awe," we've got an "expand progress."

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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.

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Maybe numbers are the best way to see the war, though they're likely to make you not just dizzy but sick. Here are only a few numbers — they're also freely available from the Pentagon, but you won't see these flashed on a screen for reporters:

[partylessinOhio]

1. Those map labels are so childish. We have truly been taken over by idiots.

It hurts to accept that we have been so dumbed down.

:thumbsdown:

[dajoki]

3. Do you see...

on the B&W map where it says: Seize S. Oil & Seize N. Oil?

[liberal N proud]

2. The Idiots know the public is stupid and gullible

[dajoki]

4. That is true...

but its getting ridiculous. I mean his numbers are in the toilet and they still get away with anything they want.