Bush: 'What will our Iraq footprint look like? My answer is, it depends on what David Petraeus says.

[bigtree]

Q Mr. President, I just returned from a week at the United States Army
War College in Pennsylvania on national security. I walked away with so
much more pride in our military. I would follow them anywhere. My question
is: At the beginning of your speech -- that you said that you consult with
the military. With all due respect, sir, how much do you really listen and
follow them?

BUSH: Yes, a lot. I don't see how you can be the Commander-in-
Chief of a well motivated military without listening carefully to the
advice of your commanders. I talk to General Petraeus all the time. I say
"all the time" -- weekly; that's all the time -- (laughter) -- on secure
video from Baghdad. There's a lot of discussions about troop positioning;
what will our footprint look like.

My answer is, it depends on what David Petraeus says. David Petraeus is
the commander on the ground and he'll have the full support. And that's the
way I do business. It's the way it's been throughout the -- you know, I
told you that, and rightly so, that -- look, I had a decision to make: more
troops to secure Baghdad and Anbar, or pull back and hope for the best? I
made a decision to put more troops in. That was in close consultation with
the Pentagon and in particular with the -- you know, the folks who have
been charged with operations in Baghdad. And that's what you expect from
the Commander in Chief.

We do have a chain of command. It goes from me to Gates to "Fox" Fallon
to Petraeus. But a lot of times -- and we're all on the SVTS together --
the secure video together to talk about matters and -- so that's the way we
do it, yes. Thanks for the question.

Yes, sir.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070628-14.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. So, how long before they shitcan Petraeus?

Remember when it was all about what Bremer or any one of the other shitcanned assholes said? Petraeus is like a corporate division VP where the division is a perpetual money loser, he'll be gone & forgotten soon too.

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. ....

:banghead: :argh:

[riderinthestorm]

3. Petraeus, the ultimate goat.

Does he know that he is now set up to be the ultimate bag boy - the final guy standing in front of the cameras giving glowing reviews while BFEE and Cheney's thugs rip off every last gold plated toilet in Iraq?

Every single other general in this failed venture has been eviscerated. Does Petraeus understand his role? What sort of position he has been placed into? He reminds me ever so much of Colin Powell - naive, ignorant - believing that they can somehow "win" their way into the power elite, all the while the power elite are laughing at their gullibility and stupidity for believing these criminals for so long.

I am incredulous that Petraeus actually buys into this shit. Can it be truth??!!

[WinkyDink]

4. Just that last part, where Bush uses only last names and also a stupid nickname,

makes me want to slap this psycho's face until the smirk cries, "Uncle!" Not to mention that even saying "David Petraeus" (twice!) is the height of sociopathic unawareness of how humans are supposed to speak. Can you imagine Truman referring, with ANY audience, to plain "Douglas MacArthur", instead of ALWAYS saying "General MacArthur"?

Such complete and utter ignorance of, or refusal to use, appropriate language, in a supremely puerile attempt to impress with his own drug-induced sense of importance.

[bigtree]

5. "smart military people"

directed to perform an action which is far outside the mandates of our constitution and unsupported by the majority of the American people . . .


In a speech on Thursday, President Bush defended the new strategy and indicated that if more time is needed, he would provide it.

"It's a well-conceived plan by smart military people," he said. "And we owe them the time, and we owe them the support they need to succeed."

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-06-28-voa77.cfm