Mike the Usurper wrote:
Tom, you missed the boat on this. The report coming out in September, as has been widely reported, is being issued not by the Petreaus and the military people, it's coming from the White House.

Got a reference for that?

Even if that were not the case, let's say the military aspects of the surge are working, the Iraqis are showing no sign of putting together the kind of honest cooperative government needed to stem the civil war.

How could they know our tactics have become more effective before we do?

There may be a problem with B. And so long as C is more than valid, B is not only not an extremist position, it is a perfectly reasonable assumption when dealing with a bunch who has lied and dissembled at every turn.

I understand. However, I'm suggesting that this assumption may not be correct in this case. You arent dealing with the same whitehouse you were dealing with in 2004.

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