Comments on: Petraeus Report Won’t be Written by Petraeus

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:32:10 +0000

What about the billions of dollars unaccounted for in the U.S. and equipment lost for the last 20 years? The department of Education is one of the major offenders. Should we close them down? And this is from a country that is supposedly without internal conflict. I won’t even go into projects like the big ditch of Teddy Kennedy.

What a bunch of hypocrites to condemn another country for not being able to do something that we ourselves can’t do. They are probably the same people who condemn Iraq for not securing its borders.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:58:10 +0000

Its General Petraeus please give him the respect he deserves.

Heh. I wonder how much respect an enlisted man in the U.S military gets when he loses track of his rifle. I guess it's only okay if you lose them in quantities of 10,000 or more.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:27:26 +0000

And now it seems that the Petraeus Report may not even be presented by Petraeus:

White House officials suggested to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week that Petraeus and Crocker would brief lawmakers in a closed session before the release of the report, congressional aides said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates would provide the only public testimony.

So I guess the rest of us won't even know what the Report says, only what the White House says the report says. And as we already know, the White House has been given the authority to interpret what the report says. Anybody still think September is going to give us any real incite into the progress and potential of the war?

By: davod

davod — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:16:33 +0000

Bains:

I would add to your excellent statement - A senior administration official? A Demonrat holdover?

By: Gay Orbit » The September Petraeus Report

Gay Orbit » The September Petraeus Report — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:40:42 +0000

[...] Unfortunately, it really makes General Petraeus look no-too-relevant in the grand scheme of things. James notes: Doing it this way is so mindnumbingly stupid as to defy measurement. The whole point of the [...]

By: The Heretik : Get Out?

The Heretik : Get Out? — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:10:06 +0000

[...] Petraeus may exist in name [...]

By: bains

bains — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:05:34 +0000

Wow...

John Cole pointing out a LATimes article favorable to his proclivities. And you think that's important? Unlike John, and all his newly found panting puppies, I'll wait till the report comes out before ~~skewering~~ assessing it.

By: Anjin-San

Anjin-San — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:40:30 +0000

Andy,

Lets now forget about several billion dollars which went missing while Gen. Petaeus was responsible for it.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:00:55 +0000

Anderson

How are my two statements contradictory?

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:23:43 +0000

Petraeus can just file this report where ever it was that he misplaced the 190,000 small arms. Then he can spend 6-18 months looking for it.

By: Sister Toldjah » LAT: Petraeus is ‘expected to propose a partial pullback’ in his September briefing

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:27:51 +0000

[...] James Joyner notes that the report will actually be written by the WH, which he believes will undermine the report’s credibility a great deal. Posted By: Sister Toldjah in: Iraq, Middle East | EMail This Post | Print This Post | Trackback URI for this post: http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/08/15/lat-petraeus-is-expected-to-propose-a-partial-pullback-in-his-september-briefing/trackback/ » [...]

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:24:58 +0000

Wayne, 2:45 - Evidently you don’t watch C-Span much. The Iraqi Ambassador and many top Generals have testified before Congress. Your statements are asinine.

Wayne, 2:00 - Petraeus and Ryan Crocker will have a hard time doing their jobs since they will be testifying in front of a great number of congressional committees.

Wayne, meet Wayne; y'all settle this among yourselves, okay?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:45:01 +0000

I never been one much for titles. I respect the jobs people do but a person stands on their own character not their title in my book.

Anderson
“Boo hoo, cry me a river. Who ever heard of a top general and an important ambassador actually having to report to Congress?”

Evidently you don’t watch C-Span much. The Iraqi Ambassador and many top Generals have testified before Congress. Your statements are asinine.

A good General can make a great deal of difference and I have personal experience in that area.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:33:34 +0000

Petraeus and Ryan Crocker will have a hard time doing their jobs since they will be testifying in front of a great number of congressional committees.

Boo hoo, cry me a river. Who ever heard of a top general and an important ambassador actually having to report to Congress?

Unprecedented, surely. I guess someone else besides Petraeus will have to personally lead attack squads into al-Qaeda strongholds.

By: Ed Kedzierski

Ed Kedzierski — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:24:53 +0000

Its General Petraeus please give him the respect he deserves.