GENERAL PETRAEUS OR GENERAL BETRAY US?
General Petraeus is a military man constantly at war with the facts. In 2004, just before the election, he said there
was “tangible progress” in Iraq and that “Iraqi leaders are stepping forward.” And last week Petraeus, the architect
of the escalation of troops in Iraq, said, “We say we have achieved progress, and we are obviously going to do
everything we can to build on that progress.”
Every independent report on the ground situation in Iraq shows that the surge strategy has failed. Yet the General
claims a reduction in violence.
New York Times reports, the Pentagon has adopted a bizarre formula for keeping tabs on violence. E.G, deaths by car bombs don’t count.
Washington Post reports that assassinations only count if you’re shot in the back of the head — not the front.
Associated Press reports, there have been more civilian deaths and more American soldier deaths in the past 3 months than at anytime in the last 4 years.
2007-09-11
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