So this is how the political capital will be used, probably:

When outlets report on the outcome of the surge, they will without fail include "This testimony coming on the 6th anniversary of 9/11"

-again, linking -if even loosely- Iraq and 9/11
-reminding the audience "why we are there"

Interesting.

It's not like they've been forced to admit the entire "Petraus" report is being WRITTEN solely - yes, solely - by the White House staff.

That includes Karl Marx Rove.

Which means it will be chock full of lies, and devoid of facts.

And you know the much vaunted Petraeus (betray us) "report" is actually being written by the White House, presumably by Darth Cheney's minions. Gee, what do you suppose they will conclude?

I wonder if anyone in Congress will actually call bullshit on this whole charade?

Hundreds of billions of dollars (and many hundreds of lives) have been squandered and stolen based the precious four syllables "Nine-Eleven". I have personally heard dozens of assholes in authority (cops, border guards, etc) invoke the syllables to justify -anything- they wish to do. Spineless Congress just goes along. I suspect the wonderful recipients of many of those "Mission Accomplished" billions have had not-so-subtle messages passed to the congress people, addressing their personal longevity should they not go along and get along. What would you expect from greedy contract murderers?

I like how whenever Karl Rove's candidate was losing a political race, the other guy would always be called a "fag."

Karl says this is likely to be "just a coincidence."

Well, the White House says:

According to Johndroe, the fact that the pair likely will appear before Congress on Sept. 11 has nothing to do with the anniversary of the attack, but was rather dictated by Congress’s tight schedule.

The Stranger shouldn't be so lazy. Check with Pelosi and Reid and determine if indeed 9/11 is the only available date. If it is, then The Stranger should issue an apology.

How long will people go on complaining about the lies that stream out of the White House and the policies that have been pushed through using 9/11 as justification while still ridiculing those of us who think it's reasonable to question the White House's explanation of 9/11 itself? The 9/11 Commission Report is filled with omissions and distortions.

Governments repeatedly cause attacks in their own countries, blame an enemy for the attack, then enact policies that their public would otherwise not support using the attack as justification. It happens in foreign governments, and it happens in our own.

I don't know what happened, and I don't claim to. But what we were told, and are told again and again and again, just doesn't add up. We need a new, truly independent, investigation into the events surrounding 9/11.

• Why did the Bush Administration fail to respond to over 20 specific warnings about the terrorist attacks given by 14 foreign intelligence agencies or heads of state?
• Why were multiple FBI investigations into the hijackers’ activities blocked or hindered?
• Why did the nation’s air defenses fail to intercept Flight 77, which struck the Pentagon over 80 minutes after the FAA first received indications of a hijacking?
• Why did WTC Building 7 undergo a rapid and complete collapse on 9/11 when it was not hit by a plane?
• Why did the 9/11 Commission Report fail to mention the financial ties between Al Qaeda hijacker Mohammad Atta and General Mahmood Ahmed, former director of the Pakistani ISI (Intelligence Agency), who reportedly wired Atta $100,000 shortly before the 9/11 attacks?
• Why did the White House alter the EPA’s initial health and safety statements after 9/11, which found that the air at Ground Zero was toxic and unsafe to breathe?
• Why did President Bush avoid or block an investigation into 9/11 for over 400 days?
• Why was Philip Zelikow chosen to be the Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, when he had served on the Bush-Cheney transition team and was a member of Bush’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board?

If our leaders stop invoking 9-11, the terrorists will have won.

What, no mention of Karl Rove's Dad's solid gold cock ring? I am shocked Dan, that is right up your alley (so to speak).

As a "journalist" you should be all over that angle.

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