WHITE HOUSE: Benchmarks were "too high"

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The Bush administration on Thursday played down a key report on Iraq that concluded the Baghdad government had failed to meet most of the security and political benchmarks set out by the US Congress.

The Government Accountability Office, the oversight arm of Congress, concluded that the Iraqi government had met only three of the 18 benchmarks the US legislature established to help measure the success of the troop "surge".

The White House said the GAO report, which was leaked to the Washington Post, was "unhelpful" because it set the bar for success so high that it was almost guaranteed to find failure.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20516479/


Oh really? They set the benchmarks "too high"? Well that shows that they are incapable of making realistic assessments and then executing even remotely close to their own published benchmarks.

Then again, perhaps it's true - they were too high for them to meet. Unfortunately it was their benchmarks to begin with, and they all wanted to "wait for the report" which shows they weren't monitoring the deteriorating situation. No interim report? This is crap.

These guys are true LIBs. Lying, Incompetent, or Both.

[Lasher]

1. This is so lame.

It's almost as bad as "My dog ate my homework."

[BlooInBloo]

2. Aaahhh.... The soft bigotry of low expectations.

[PDJane]

3. What gives you the right to give an occupied government

"benchmarks" in the first place.

The folks who should be meeting benchmarks aren't the Iraqis; the folks who should be meeting the benchmarks are the good ol' folks at the white house and the Pentagon.

Alternatively, getting the troops out and allowing the Iraqis to fix their own infrastructure and sell their own oil is a good idea. Let's not forget the reparations that IRAQ is paying to anyone and everyone who thinks they were hurt by the war-that-wasn't in Kuwait. Perhaps they should be GETTING reparations from the American government.

[Canuckistanian]

4. They should have made the pie lower

Or something.

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. Well, looking at the leader of the republikkkan party, you can tell they

have "lowered expectations", can't you? The only place der chimpenfurher would be a leader in any other organization might be at the clown union or something. (No offense to clowns)

[gratuitous]

6. Wow. Just wow.

Uhm, this isn't the fucking Special Olympics. This is a war. This is a war you fuckers wanted. This is a war you fuckers lied, cheated, and stole to bring about. You fuckers questioned my patriotism, you fuckers shredded the Constitution, you fuckers tortured people, lied about it, exposed our intelligence resources, pardoned the felons, and now you fuckers are whining that the standards are too fucking high?! Fuck you.

Have I mentioned how much I hate these fuckers?

[shanti]

8. tell it

awesome rant, dude, and i mean it!

[Binka]

18. I Concur!

:hi:

I don't know if you saw my post where I reported that Ben is OUT! In Wisconsin with his honey and out of the Marines For EVAH!

[shanti]

28. yay!!!!

binka, that is wonderful news! i know you are soo happy that he is out of *'s filthy hands! :hi: i understand - and have four sons myself (2 out of his grip too).

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. Yeah! Stupid Fuckers!

:silly:

[Vickers]

7. Man, we like need a "No Iraqi Gubmint Left Behind" program and shit.

:eyes:

[Canuckistanian]

9. I heard the Snowblower on this topic

And I screamed at the radio, "These are your fucking benchmarks!"

Unbelievable.

[Patsy Stone]

10. A 68 is passing, right?

I guess the GAO doesn't grade on a curve.

[book_worm]

16. For George W. Bush that's acing it!

[pansypoo53219]

11. HEY GEORGIE! Leave No Democracy Behind, EH!?!

same rules buddy. gotta pass the fucking democracy test everybody else does. no, iWaq DOESN'T get to swim on the kiddy side of the democracy pool.


fucker.

[HughMoran]

12. Yeah, and soil is dirty too...

C'mon, no wonder even Republicans can't stand this buffoon.

[TankLV]

13. Excuses and more excuses - just like everything bunkerboy has FAILED at...

need some cheeze with that whine?

Godfuckingdammit!

That FAILURE has always CHANGED THE RULES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME when it was aparent he was losing...!

Best 2 out of 3 - no - make that 3 out of 5 after I've lost two - no make that 4 out of 7 - no let's extend the time...I am so sick of this fuckin shit!!!!

Are our Dems going to cave into him AGAIN like ALL 100% OF THE OTHER TIMES?!

[Selatius]

14. Gee, uh, the White House agreed with Congress on setting those benchmarks to begin with. n/t

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15. This is the same crap as setting recruiting goals

then failing to meet those goals

then lowering the goals

and then claiming recruitment is going well (compared to the new lower goals)


This is just some kind of psychologically-defective alternate government universe where consistency between lies doesn't even matter as long as the blame is anyone elses but theirs.

I've been with someone like that for many years, and I can tell you it's a real psychological hellhole and not a fun way to live.

Hey, why don't we claim the new benchmark is to keep the maximum monthly kill rate of our troops to under 1000? Then, when it's "only" 250 or whatever, they can claim in keeping the kill rate so low.

Fucktards.

[Binka]

19. I Lived With A Nightmare For Seven Years

Unprincipled malignant narcissistic lying ass carrot. I nearly lost my mind. The resemblances to the Bush admin are frightening. I know these fuckers too well. I wish I didn't.

[pansypoo53219]

17. just more georgie

LIVE calvinball.

[KansDem]

21. George W. Bush, the country's greatest underachiever!

Golly, Poppy, do I have to...???

[Subdivisions]

22. Drop-kicking this and sending it to the Greatest Page. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. No, they just failed miserably to meet them.

Not that that bit of reality will stop the spin from whirling around at F5 tornado speeds.

[rox63]

24. This is like protesting your grade in school because the test was too hard

When you had already swiped the answers from the teacher's desk.

[EVDebs]

25. WH : "I ain't gotta show you no stinkin' batches" eom

[bdamomma]

26. just binding more time to kill more innocent people and our troops

disgusting.

[GeorgeGist]

27. High-quality assessments are required ...

in public schools by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

[mb7588a]

29. Well, of course! There's no such thing as "Too easy" for *. nt

[chill_wind]

30. Kinda like having to show up for the Guard physicals. Keeping your urine samples straight

and on time is hard werk! TOO hard!

::sarcasm::

He's always needed special rules. One set for him. Another set for everyone else.