Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Great goodely moodlies, look what the GAO found
Despite the notable drop in violence, neither the US nor the Iraqi government has taken any steps to improve their position.
Read the GAO report here
The U.S. and Iraqi governments have failed to take advantage of a dramatic drop in violence in Iraq, according to a report issued Tuesday by a U.S. watchdog agency, which warned that prospects were waning "for achieving current U.S. security, political and economic goals in Iraq."The Iraqis have their own agenda but this is right on target with Our Dear Embattled Leader's plan. Nothing has been done because he had no intention of doing anything. The whole purpose of the surge was to prove that the Democrats couldn't stop him from doing whatever he wanted to do. The surge therefore is a success, but the war is still a failure.
Iraqi leaders have not passed legislation to foster reconciliation among Shiite Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds, and sectarian groups still retain control of ministries and divide Iraqi security forces, according to the Government Accountability Office report.
Moreover, the Bush administration's efforts to stabilize and rebuild Iraq are plagued by weak planning, a lack of coordination with the Iraqi government and among U.S. agencies, and an absence of detailed information on "the current and future costs of U.S. involvement in Iraq," it said.
"U.S. efforts lack strategies with clear purpose, scope, roles and performance measures," the report said.
Read the GAO report here
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