Theater of the Absurd! General Petreaus, based on his collection of data, says things are going well in Iraq. Could be better, mind you, but we're on the right track. Deaths are down, bombings are down, mortar attacks are down, now up...
Problem 1: There is no independent collection of data in Iraq. Knowing how the Bush team operates, it is probable that the facts were fixed around the policy
Problem 2: The Bush Administration is already on record for creating its own reality.
Problem 3: The Dick Cheney Doctrine–if something has a 2% chance of being true, then by God –it is true.
Petreaus-Crocker follies–just like the fictitious war reports stemming from General Westmoreland in Vietnam, not to mention the fictitious Weapons of Mass Destruction data reported by Secy of State/General Colin Powell, Pentagon views on reality are rose colored.
It seems George Bush is trying to keep his house of cards (Iraq) upright until he leaves office and if the Dems win the presidency and the US leaves the place, he can blame the ensuing chaos on them, --if they do leave and if there is, indeed, chaos.
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