The Conditions Of Petraeus' Iraq Report Special Comment by Schieffer

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The Conditions Of Petraeus' Iraq Report
Schieffer: We've Been Waiting For The General's Take On The War, But Now The White House Is Hedging


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/19/opinion/schieffer/main3182424.shtml

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2007

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So excuse me for getting a little suspicious after hearing the White House is proposing some new conditions on the delivery of General Petraeus' long-awaited report on progress in Iraq – conditions such as the White House wanting the general to deliver the report to Congress behind closed doors while cabinet officers do the talking in public.

And, suddenly we're told the general won't actually write the report but that his thoughts will be incorporated in a summary prepared by the White House.

Mind you, this is the report the president has said over and over that he will use to decide where we go from here in Iraq.

Over and over, we've been told not to rush to judgment until we hear from the general.

Now we're hearing all these new conditions.

Maybe it's because I've been dragged down the old rabbit trail too many times by too many people with something to hide, but this doesn't sound like we're headed to a straight answer.

No, this sounds like anything but. And that is a real shame.

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[texanshatingbush]

1. I LOVE Bob Schieffer........

.....and I wish we had more journalists with his mettle !

--THB

[AndyTiedye]

2. Et Tu Petraeus?

Things must be pretty bad over there if Bush** can't even get his pet general to lie for him.

[jimshoes]

3. Rather than let Petraeus attempt to throw the

dart at the bullseye, the white house will bring the bullseye and impale it on the dart. It's brilliant. It will be an utter fabrication and a compete crock of shit that will even strain the 28%er's credulity, and yet it will be trumpeted from every mainstream news org as a triumph of stellar proportions and that it will only be seen as the success that it is after we invade Iran some time in October.

[sendero]

4. It doens't matter....

.. how they come up with the report, NOBODY WITH TWO BRAIN CELLS TO RUB TOGETHER IS GOING TO BELIEVE IT.

The only question is, what will the Dem leaders in congress do about it?

This is their last chance, it really is.