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Date: August 15, 2007 12:40:13 PM PDT
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Subject: Sept. Report to Congress: "The Surge Would Be A SUCCESS,
If Not for IRAN"
Petraeus’ September Report
Will Be Written By Cheney/Bush
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/petraeus-white-house-report/
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://www.latimes.com/news/
nationworld/world/la-fg-pullback15aug15,0,4840766.story?
page=1&coll=la-home-center) that Gen. David Petraeus’ upcoming
Sept. 15 report on Iraq will be authored by 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, Bush 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.
In other words, the Sept. 15 report promises to be much like the
July mid-term report which purported to show “satisfactory
performance on 8 of the 18 benchmarks.” A closer look into those
claims revealed that the progress was purely White House spin. Yet,
the report accomplished its primary objective of producing media
reports which suggested that the overall picture in Iraq was “mixed.”
The White House has repeatedly employed Petraeus as a PR flack,
using him to promote failing Iraq policies and the war czar
nomination.
President Bush had previously said he would “respect the command
structure” and not intercede in the Petraeus report:
I will repeat, as the Commander-in-Chief of a great military who
has supported this military and will continue to support this
military, not only with my — with insisting that we get resources
to them, but with — by respecting the command structure, I’m going
to wait for David to come back — David Petraeus to come back and
give us the report on what he sees.
Apparently, Bush doesn’t plan to wait for a report; instead, he’ll
have it drafted prior to Petraeus’ return. Markos writes: “Let me
predict the future: The report: ‘Success!’ The interpretation:
‘Smashing success!’”
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