Petraeus / Betray us???


	Petraeus / Betray us???

akagugo

10-10-2007 5:51 AM

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us, military, iraq war, iraq, withdrawal, congress, conservatives, liberals

akagugo says:

Well, a look at the links may help you get the facts before jumping to any conclusions on this war that will become so irrelevant once we find better alternatives to fossil fuels

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  <DIV align="center"><A target="_blank" href="http://cdn.moveon.org/pac/content/pac/pdfs/PetraeusNYTad.pdf"><IMG width="200" height="378" src="http://pol.moveon.org/../images/PetraeusNYTad.jpg" /></A></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html"><P>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.”
Washington Post, “Battling  for Iraq,”  by David H. Petraeus.  9/26/04 (see below)</p> <P>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.” 
<A href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22337285-31477,00.html">The  Australian, “Surge Working: Top US General,” by Dennis Shanahan.  8/31/07</A> </p> <P>Every independent report on the ground situation in Iraq shows that  the surge strategy has failed. <A href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-violence1sep01,0,3069115.story">
</A><A href="http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071222t.pdf">GAO report,  9/4/07</A> 
<A href="http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM44_070823iraq_nie_-_kj's_-_08-23-07.pdf">NIE  report, 8/23/07</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html"><P>deaths by car bombs don’t  count. 
<A href="http://select.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/opinion/07krugman.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26hp&OP=c195cb2Q2FQ2AO5wQ2AQ3Cq8xxQ3CQ2AQ3DddQ3FQ2Ad2Q2AdQ3FQ2AxbRFRxFQ2AdQ3FD80Q27j_FZcQ3CjY"> “Time  to Take a Stand,” by Paul Krugman.  9/7/07    </A> </p> <P>The Washington  Post reported that assassinations only count if you're shot in the back of the  head -- not the front. 
<A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090502466.html">“Experts  Doubt Drop in Violence in Iraq,” by Karen DeYoung. 9/6/07</A> <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090502466.html">l</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AB3B6877-3985-47D9-94F6-E3DBBE1FA32B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>