Posted on Sep 27, 2007
By Scott Ritter
The
long-awaited “progress report” of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador
Ryan Crocker on the status of the occupation of Iraq has been made,
providing Americans, via the compliant media, with the spectacle of
loyal Bush yes men offering faith-based analysis in lieu of fact-based
assessment. In the days and weeks that have since passed, two things
have become clear: Neither Congress nor the American people (including
the antiwar movement) have a plan or the gumption to confront President
Bush in anything more than cosmetic fashion over the war in Iraq, and
while those charged with oversight mill about looking to score cheap
political points and/or save face, the administration continues its
march toward conflict with Iran unimpeded.
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