Getting Back To The Iraq War - Yesterday I Heard One Of The RW Talking Heads Say.......

[global1]

when asked - should we bring our troops home from Iraq?

He answered: "We need to give the General Patreas(sp?) plan a shot and then evaluate".

What struck me was he didn't say "We need to give pResident *'s surge plan a shot and then evaluate".

No he referenced the General Patreas plan.

It looks to me that they are already positioning a fall guy to take the blame if this surge fails.

It won't be * that will take the fall for his surge plan - it will be the General.

Did anybody else pick up on this?

[crim son]

1. It's been my assumption that putting Petraus in commanding position

when his criticism of how the war has been waged is well known, was a move that made sense only if the shrub expected his efforts to fail. So yes, I agree with you.

[Poiuyt]

2. Patreas has said that Bush's plan only has a one in four chance of working

[wtmusic]

3. Can you believe it?

They are asking soldiers to put their lives on the line for a 25% chance of success.

They might give it some more thought if it were their own lives at stake.

[rodeodance]

4. Rule of Thumb: NOthing is Bush's fault. (He uses the third person to say-

"mistakes were made"