Friday, March 14, 2008
Did Petraeus just say the Surge failed?
The surge was supposed to give Iraqi pols time and space to get their shit together. The good General says that hasn't happened.
Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday.In keeping with the Bushovik tradition of reinforcing failure with failure, the General has decided this is a good excuse to not bring the troops home before the election and embarrass Our Dear Embattled Leader.
Petraeus, who is preparing to testify to Congress next month on the Iraq war, said in an interview that "no one" in the U.S. and Iraqi governments "feels that there has been sufficient progress by any means in the area of national reconciliation," or in the provision of basic public services.
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