Times Up
The Bush regime finds it easier to criticize an ad in “The New York Times”, which was purchased by Moveon.org than make its case for the war in Iraq. In order to end this tragic war, we must start to loudly reject the Republican “spin” that the invasion of Iraq was about establishing a democracy.
Alan Greenspan, who served as chairman of the Federal Reserve for almost two decades has written: “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.”
General Petraeus has provided misleading facts as to how well things are going in Iraq. His plan for “withdrawal” would merely return troop levels to where they were before the surge. The withdrawal is necessitated by a lack of troops, which the Army knew would occur before the surge started.
The Bush regime cherry-picked intelligence to make the initial case for war and since then has distorted the truth to sell their failed strategy to the rest of us. According to the Washington Post, many experts have questioned data behind the general’s optimistic assessment of the war, accusing the Pentagon of “cherry-picking positive indicators.” Even in December 2006, the Iraq Study Group reported “significant underreporting of violence.”
Everyone from the U.S. Government Accountability Office to Iraq’s own Ministry of the Interior recorded no drop in violence. The “decrease in violence” was accomplished by not counting deaths from car bombs.
Bush and the Republicans in Congress have been telling us to wait for “Petraeus Report” for months before we change the course in Iraq. With no political solution in sight, Bush wants more time for his failed war. Republicans have used the so-called “Petraeus Report” to delay dealing with growing antiwar sentiment. They accuse Democrats of setting arbitrary dates for withdrawal, but it’s the Republicans who set arbitrary dates for delay.
Furthermore, when it comes to the Iraqi government, there’s even less progress. The surge was supposed to help give breathing room in the political process, but the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that two and a half years after the first election, the Iraqi government has met just three of the 18 benchmarks set by Bush.
Alan Greenspan, who served as chairman of the Federal Reserve for almost two decades has written: “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.”
General Petraeus has provided misleading facts as to how well things are going in Iraq. His plan for “withdrawal” would merely return troop levels to where they were before the surge. The withdrawal is necessitated by a lack of troops, which the Army knew would occur before the surge started.
The Bush regime cherry-picked intelligence to make the initial case for war and since then has distorted the truth to sell their failed strategy to the rest of us. According to the Washington Post, many experts have questioned data behind the general’s optimistic assessment of the war, accusing the Pentagon of “cherry-picking positive indicators.” Even in December 2006, the Iraq Study Group reported “significant underreporting of violence.”
Everyone from the U.S. Government Accountability Office to Iraq’s own Ministry of the Interior recorded no drop in violence. The “decrease in violence” was accomplished by not counting deaths from car bombs.
Bush and the Republicans in Congress have been telling us to wait for “Petraeus Report” for months before we change the course in Iraq. With no political solution in sight, Bush wants more time for his failed war. Republicans have used the so-called “Petraeus Report” to delay dealing with growing antiwar sentiment. They accuse Democrats of setting arbitrary dates for withdrawal, but it’s the Republicans who set arbitrary dates for delay.
Furthermore, when it comes to the Iraqi government, there’s even less progress. The surge was supposed to help give breathing room in the political process, but the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that two and a half years after the first election, the Iraqi government has met just three of the 18 benchmarks set by Bush.
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