"Not General Petraeus: Iraq Evaluation",,,,,

[Disturbed]

Not General Petraeus: White House To Write September Iraq Evaluation

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.

And though Petraeus and Crocker will present their recommendations on Capitol Hill, legislation passed by Congress leaves it to the president to decide how to interpret the report's data.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

[BOSSHOG]

1. bush interpreting a report's data.

Now that's funny.

A well written report should leave no room for interpretation, especially by a military deserting incompetent coward.

[Submariner]

2. If Petraeus is a righteous man he will put aside any WH script

and tell the American people the truth of what's going on in Iraq no matter what the consequences from the Bush junta.

[intaglio]

3. The report is being written BY the WH not Petraeus or the Ambassador

From the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pullback15aug15,0,4840766.story?page=2&coll=la-home-center
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Administration and military officials acknowledge that the September report will not show any significant progress on the political benchmarks laid out by Congress. How to deal in the report with the lack of national reconciliation between Iraq's warring sects has created some tension within the White House.

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.

/snip

"There were some in the drafting of the report that said, 'Well, we can claim progress,' " the administration official said. "There were others who said: 'Wait a second. Sure we can claim progress, but it's not credible to . . . just neglect the fact that it's had no effect on the ground.' "

Or to put it another way "Heads we win and tails - won't get fooled again ... heh heh"(smirks)