Slog - Comments on The Petraeus Report

Comment by anal-retentive one

anal-retentive one — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:54:28 -0800

(His surname is spelled Petraeus.)

Comment by Eli Sanders

Eli Sanders — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:58:05 -0800

Thanks much, "anal-retentive one." Fixed.

Comment by Lake

Lake — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:11:19 -0800

"Live Blogging"?

That's laughable.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:17:11 -0800

Why is it called the Petraeus report when it's written only by the White House and the Red Bushie political appointees in the Pentagon?

seriously, why?

Comment by seriously

seriously — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:35:33 -0800

@4 - I don't mean to call you stupid, Will, but do you really think something called "The Red-Bushie-Political-Appointee Report" would be very effective?

Comment by Jude Fawley

Jude Fawley — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:45:21 -0800

@5 I think, by "seriously" he meant... well, nothing. Kind of like, "I literally died laughing"

Comment by monkey

monkey — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:50:17 -0800

But the good news is he thinks we could see some troop pull-back around July 08... you know, just 4 months before the big 08 elections.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:00:50 -0800

Seriously.

Let's call a fake report what it is.

Seriously.

The troop pull back is only for the duration of the elections. They bring em down to 130,000 (pre-surge level) then bump them back up when there is an "emergency" like the fake ones in Vietnam.

Expect 250,000 in December 2008. When we'll have 5,000 US soldiers dead for a war of LIES.

Comment by KY. COL. of TRUTH

KY. COL. of TRUTH — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:38:08 -0800

Eli: Petraeus still not fixed - looks unprofessional. His name some sort of Greek Fury? Muse? Rock-carver? Avoid SGM-ism at all costs. All-in-all - just another Bush party-line boy. It's time for another "night of the generals" - but since they're all so lame and inspoken (opp. of outspoken) WTF is one to do?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:34:43 -0800

oh, and @5, thanks for remembering to call them Red Bushies. Names are important.

Comment by Realist

Realist — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:46:27 -0800

FYI, Gen. Patraeus is not only a distinguished leader and military genius, but is a Princeton Ph.D. I would consider your own credentials before you judge this man. And another FYI, congress commissioned this report after, of course, unanimously voting for his appointment. Oh and just one more FYI, it was written by Gen Patraeus and rebuffed by the Democrats for containing too many statistics and being composed in very formulaic prose which was hard for them to comprehend - on that point I have no doubt.