Keeping in mind Dubya listens to his Generals in the field provided they tell him what he wants to hear. If a General strikes a discordant note, that General leaves the field. Ergo, any active General reporting to Congress in September on the goings-on in Iraq will be inherently suspect.But despite numerous indicators that Bush’s strategy is failing, ABC News reported recently that Petraeus wants the “surge” to “continue until at least December,” and expects “to report enough progress by September to justify the extension.”
In an interview this week with ThinkProgress, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) became the first member of Congress to call for an independent analysis on the state of the war in September, in addition to Petraeus’ report. Whitehouse charged that Petraeus has an inherent “conflicting loyalty” between “the desire to please the president” and to report the unvarnished truth about Bush’s strategy.
Kudos to Whitehouse for getting this ball rolling.
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