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Breaking: Petraeus Will Not Write Iraq Progress Report

thinkprogress.org — A senior military officer said there will be no written presentation to the president on security and stability in Iraq. “There is no report. It is an assessment provided by them by testimony,” the officer said.

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  • TheLastProphet, on 10/10/2007, -7/+69figures.
    What's next? Behind closed doors, not under oath and no transcript.
    Isn't everyone tired of this broken record already?
    Fool us once, shame on you.
    Fool us a thousand more times, SHAME ON AMERICA.
    • caferrell, on 10/10/2007, -7/+11When are the sheep going to look up?
      Maybe they are so comfortable in the consumer paradise that they never will, they will just swill all the pap that is given them and let the government murder and torture in their names.
    • 0xbaadf00d, on 10/10/2007, -6/+7As long as Patraeus reads it and asserts that it conveys his verbal reports accurately I really don't see this as being a story. Maybe he isn't a good writer or something. Seems similar to a president having a speech writer.
      • jaxcs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6A high ranking officer contradicting his superior. I don't think this is likely to happen.
        • Sinistocrat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1It has happened.
          • MeMongo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Every time it happens in this administration, the General gets fired
          • jaxcs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Not while the general is serving active duty it doesn't. And those that do don't stay long.
        • Sinistocrat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Double post, digg down please.
      • Gerz1219, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If he's "not a good writer or something," then he has no business overseeing the wasteful expenditure of half a trillion of our dollars. If we have to continue bankrupting our country and alienating our former allies around the world for no reason and with no popular mandate, the least Gen. Petraeus could do is write his ***** term paper.
    • InetRoadkill, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10No paper trail equals no accountability. This shouldn't be surprising. It's already common knowledge that the white house is writing the progress report rather than Petraeus. The only reason Petraeus is even involved is a futile effort to give the surge credibility.
      • ccheath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3 (2) REPORTS REQUIRED-
        (A) The President shall submit an initial report, in classified and unclassified format, to the Congress, not later than July 15, 2007, assessing the status of each of the specific benchmarks established above, and declaring, in his judgment, whether satisfactory progress toward meeting these benchmarks is, or is not, being achieved.
        (B) The President, having consulted with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Commander, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, the United States Ambassador to Iraq, and the Commander of U.S. Central Command, will prepare the report and submit the report to Congress...
        (D) The President shall submit a second report to the Congress, not later than September 15, 2007, following the same procedures and criteria outlined above. [...]
        (3) TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS- Prior to the submission of the President's second report on September 15, 2007, and at a time to be agreed upon by the leadership of the Congress and the Administration, the United States Ambassador to Iraq and the Commander, Multi-National Forces Iraq will be made available to testify in open and closed sessions before the relevant committees of the Congress.
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        let's repeat the good parts
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        The President shall submit a second report to the Congress, not later than September 15, 2007, following the same procedures and criteria outlined above

        Prior to the submission of the President's second report on September 15, 2007, and at a time to be agreed upon by the leadership of the Congress and the Administration, the United States Ambassador to Iraq and the Commander, Multi-National Forces Iraq (THAT'S PETRAEUS) will be made available to testify in open and closed sessions before the relevant committees of the Congress.
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        so you see that's why he's involved and that's why it's not his report
        • jaxcs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I know this means a lot to you but the final report sets the framework for all discussions. Your quote also ignores why patraeus isn't supplying his own written report. All you do is show that he isn't required to do so. So once again, within the law but not within the spirit of the law. This is minimum accountability.
    • demonic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3"No paper trail equals no accountability. "

      maybe theres a tie with that quote and the failing of wtc building no. 7

      Just throwing it out there
      • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3you're being buried for being off topic. but you are correct in the gaping insurance fraud issue that is building (no pun intended) against "the owner" of the WTC plats and properties.
    • troye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The only way America will wake up is if the draft is back. Then you will see moms, dads, and college students protesting. Protesting has been happening currently. But when the draft is back, that is when the sheeple will wake up - in my opinion.
      • 2reflective, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just wait until the next false-flag attack is magically attributed to Iran a few days later. Then the brave but sadly uniformed will be begging to join the Army to protect the country. It's sick.
  • dagnabbit, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8More analysis here: http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/12802.html

    "On the one hand we have reports and data from the National Intelligence Estimate, the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Research Service, the U.S. Embassy, and the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq, all of which point to very little security progress and no political progress in Iraq. On the other hand, we’ll have Petraeus’ opening statement to Congress.

    And this is the moment the political world has been waiting for?"
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I thought that only "Flip Floppers" don't document what they say?
      What happened to the republicants?
      I guess when you're an aged and dying American party (Republicans), you resort to whatever means you have remaining - like lying, cheating and stealing. Luckily, the Libertarians are taking over the sane parts of the republican party. These days, the Republican Party is basically the Whig Party of old. Dying, grasping for it's last breath, and doing ANYTHING to hold on to power.

      Sorry it didn't work out, but you ***** our Country a little too bad (again) this time. MainStream Media may not be covering the Libertarians as much as they should, but I can GUARANTEE that the movement is beyond basic momentum.
  • caferrell, on 10/10/2007, -6/+19This will be spun into war in Iran. One way or another, instead of giving us a reason to step back from the abyss, Petraeus' report will somehow morph into the causus belli that the neocons are looking for
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2We're not going to war with Iran.

      The "War with Iran" is a false-flag/media campaign designed to discredit the people that outed them on the Iraq war.
      It will give future generations of NeoClowns ammunition to say that the "Media" 'complained about Iran too, but we never attacked them'.
      As Patriots, we should always be prepared. That said, I doubt (and hope) we will not attack Iran.
      • MeMongo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I thought we were at war with East Asia
      • 2reflective, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I hope you're right. Either way it's certainly nice to read comments from people who truly think about the news we hear and the purpose behind it.
  • hawkeye17, on 10/10/2007, -7/+24Goebbels would be proud of this Administration.
    • grendelwraith, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not as much as Göring.
    • seithon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Actually i think the guy would be looking on in stunned admiration and fervently taking notes.
  • brainboy77, on 10/10/2007, -4/+17comment on the page:

    Well, if there’s no written report, it makes Winston Smith’s job much easier.

    Comment by Angry McAngus
  • tucsonsun13, on 10/10/2007, -9/+36Do me a favor and stop f**king writing "BREAKING" in a story's title. It's not breaking....it already broke.
    • tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2For a while appearances of "BREAKING" were less frequent... then the people got complacent. And now it's back!
  • airiox, on 10/10/2007, -15/+20Why would he waste his time writing up a 300 page report? He is still gonna give a report its just not going to be written. NEW FLASH: this isn't news.
    • smackywentz, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9300 pages of "I do not recall." would just be a waste anyway.
      • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Yeah, but it's the thought that instead of writing a report, he'd like these other unaccountable bureaucrats and politicians to play 20 questions with him. That's going to be REALLY informative, lol.

        "I really can't just tell you what's going on, but if you ask, I might know something."
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -4/+27How can there be a progress report if there was no progress to begin with?
  • soot, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Bush has already gone on record as proclaiming that his goal in Iraq is to sustain troop levels for the next United States president to continue the occupation. He has no intention of getting out, his only hope is that he can dump this mess onto the next elected official so the brunt of the blame for this ***** of historical proportions may not rest entirely on his shoulders.
    • Sinistocrat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3At this point, he'll be considered the worst president in history regardless of who takes the blame for the war.
    • FredoBerfil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Word.
  • falseleftright, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5March to Washington anyone?
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Absolutely!!!! It's still happening:

      SEPT 15TH. If don't like DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT, HORRIFIC CRIMES - FIND A WAY TO BE THERE !!!
  • p0s3r, on 10/10/2007, -15/+7BREAKING: THE WHITEHOUSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO AUTHOR THE REPORT
    BREAKING: YOU DIGGTARDS ARE IDIOTS
    • smackywentz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13BREAKING: You are on Digg.
      BREAKING: Your Caps Lock button is on.
    • fezzen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The white house is required by law to do a lot of things.

      In this "post-9/11 world," that doesn't really mean anything anymore. The law is for keeping us serfs in line.
  • DiscoLando, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19EXPECTUM PETRAEUS!
    • nreynolds, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3that's exactly what i thought, well... that and deli-meat.
    • p0tent1al, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1only a digger could combine Harry Potter, and U.S. politics. Good show.
  • sparkysko, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6O RLY?
    Buried as inaccurate. 2 week old news is not breaking.
    • MisteryMeat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2It would help if you read the article. We have known for a while that the White House would create the report, today we found out that there is no report at all.
      • Sinistocrat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1It would help if you read the article. There is a report, it just won't be written by the general.

        On second thought, it probably wouldn't help if you read the article, because thinkprogress.org is a biased source of information.
        • ThrutchGrenadyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Still not able to read the whole thing? Must have a short attention span
  • supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7BREAKING: The report will include use of the words: ***** and quagmire.
  • PeppermintPig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What are you gonna do?! Write the report, write the report, write the report. Anybody who doesn't know how to make a right decision, you have to make the right decision! /ECC

    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Buried - I don't understand what you're talking about. Proper grammar isn't a requirement - it's Patriotic!

      (Disclaimer: I live in Georgia so I have a reason to be angry).
  • UrbanOne, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4(1) Buried for inaccurate title. Title was accurate on August 15th. see: "Petraeus’ September Report Will Be Written By The White House" at http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/petraeus-white-house-report/
    (2) Buried for using "Breaking." I think it's safe to assume we all read the articles here a few days ago on how to write effective titles.
  • marcomc2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7WTF, I just knew he would be silenced.
    I cant believe I was right.
    Actually its not a real surprise, I just thought for once something would get better.
    *****.
    Still protesting on the 15th though.
    After posting this Im gonna wait outside my dorm, for the NSA,"Do not protest, son, or we'll have to detain you."
    Wow.
    • p0s3r, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Dude, I'll be right there with you.

      SHUT THIS ***** DOWN ON SEPT. 15TH !!!

      It's a Saturday, so you have NO reason not to be there (or in your local city boycotting this War).

      Small groups of dedicated individuals are the only ones that have ever changed the world. Be one!
    • Sinistocrat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Get emotional after you read the article. There will still be a report.
  • dagamer34, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3This is the first war I think in history that the president that started it won't have finished it. I think that's just bad politics.
    • Shadowhawk109, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Uhh, hate to break it to ya, but Vietnam and World War Two were both like that (I think FDR died just before the war ended), and Lincoln was assassinated before the end of the Civil War.
    • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4uh you don't know history do you?
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Electing him was bad politics. Not educating yourself on the subject after Sept. 11th and allowing him to be re-elected in 2004 was DEADLY BAD POLITICS.

      If you voted for Bush in 2004, you either:
      a) believed EMPTY / FALSE Republican promises
      b) you are a Christian intentionally trying to create a Holy War (and the Second cumming of whatever)
      c) you are a NAZI and think America should take over the world.

      Breakdown:
      c) will never happen (didn't the Cold War teach us that?)
      b) is still an ever growing threat
      a) happens. The Libertarian party is the Good Old Republican Party. It's the closest thing to Republican values that exist today.
    • ...---..., on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The Somalia conflict was started right and the VERY END of Daddy Bush's. Presidency. I always thought that he started that war just as a "***** you" to Clinton - just so that Clinton started off with a mess on his hands. You watch,... when the democrats win the next election - Bush will start the battle with Iran right before he leaves office - Just like Daddy did to the democrats.
  • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Petraeus will not write Iraq progress report, Bush and Cheney will.
  • wolfofwar, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Gotta love our country. Our executive branch that uses it's executive powers to undermine out consistutional rights claim they aren't even a part of our country, we have no real assessments of our war on "terror" all our politicians still want a piece of the big money that is the military industrial complex, and the general population cares more about the next american idol then the next american president.

    R.I.P. Democracy.

    Hello Imperialism.
    • 2reflective, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Let's not get defeatist here. There are plenty of people waking up every day and spreading the word. Democracy is not dead until we allow it to die - so let's not let that happen.
  • huckabees, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4This administration has discovered the key to getting away with whatever they want: no written or audio/visual record. Perfect way to rewrite the past and not be questioned.
  • byhud24, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3I can't wait for the Democrats to get into office and fix this mess. yeah right!! Good thing is it will shut everyone up, although, it will be stilled be blamed on Bush that is was so bad nothing could be done. Why is it that we haven't been attacked since 9/11? Bush maybe?
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Why is it that we were attacked on 9/11?
      Bush maybe? And please don't mention the prior President in your rebuttal (if you know what that word means, repubs). Please DO mention the 40+ days of VACATION playing GOLF with his OIL BUDDIES that happened just before Sept. 11th.
      Allow me to translate: "if'in he'dve been read up on them papers on 'is desk, hed've knowed that 'doez Saudis was gunna get us dat day."
      It tweaks me to no end to think that you people can destroy America by electing idiots because "he's a normal fella just like me". ***** that. Our country didn't become great by good ole boys hiring their friends into office.
      Elect the smart people. They won't hurt you. They might do things that you don't understand (yet), but someday it will make sense. They're smart. They are making decisions that take the "whole of the world" into account. Smart people don't hate stupid people. Muscular people don't hate skinny people. People are different and they have different opinions.
      America was founded that way. It needs to remain that way.
    • duddles, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Maybe we haven't been attacked here since it's easier for al qaeda to plant IEDs and kill Americans in Iraq.
      • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Agreed.

        Al Qaida can't get into the USA because Bush installed the BEST SECURITY in our airports/bus stations.
        Al Quada couldn't get into the USA because they already played their trump card on Sept 11th, and Americans will never elect a stupid President ever again.
        Al Quaida was destroyed after Sept. 11th because Bush succeeded in capturing Osama Bin Laden (hasn't happened as of 20070908).

        If we are attacked after Bush leaves office, it is because of his failures as President. Period. He failed at his job, and allowed Sept. 11th to happen - He was "COMMANDER IN CHIEF". His invasion of Iraq was both perilously flawed and deadly.

        He should be indicted for treason, deceit resulting in the deaths of thousands of Americans, and war crimes.
        If Cheney had an ounce of decency in his failing heart, he would just die as the miserable failure that he already isn't, but soon will become. ***** you GW. ***** you DC. Jesus will come for you one day, and she's gonna be pissed.

        I hope that Jesus is a Black Christian Female Lesbian that beats the living ***** out of you.
  • byhud24, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1I can't wait for the Democrats to get into office and fix this mess. yeah right!! Good thing is it will shut everyone up, although, it will be stilled be blamed on Bush that is was so bad nothing could be done. Why is it that we haven't been attacked since 9/11? Bush maybe?
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I'm glad you double clicked the "submit" button. I accidentally dugg your first post. I'm glad you're an idiot.
      Don't worry though. I buried your dupe.
  • SD929, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2Go ***** yourselves *****. How dare you question a man of the moral fiber of Petraeus. he has what you don't a ***** SPINE
    • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Taking orders?
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3There is a difference between moral fiber and integrity.
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    • jaxcs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I don't think anyone is questioning him. We are questioning the pres.
  • josephblanx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5"We're kicking ass in Iraq!"
    • mikehosek, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Your absolutely right. We're kicking our own ass in Iraq.
  • LordSlashstab55, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1They must find it difficult...
    Those who have taken authority
    as the truth,
    Rather than truth as the authority

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What is it with you CHURCHIES abusing the word "TRUTH" as a ***** VERB?
      Your invisible friend would prefer that not lie, cheat and steal rather than "converting" those of us with actual integrity into believing in him.

      Perhaps you should try that. Asking forgiveness from your invisible friend doesn't count. In fact, that should be stricken from the next version of your "bible".
      ***** you.
  • charlie55, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4buried for breaking
  • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -10/+4Liberals - please note that thinkprogress.com is just another George Soros funded organization, one which recently received a $770,000 fine for violating FEC campaign laws. Thinkprogress.com is another organization in the democratic shadow party. This shadow party is controlled by a few uber rich left wing elitists. In essence, these people behind thinkprogress.com are the equivalent of Bush/Cheney/Haliburton.

    For more info please see - http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/

    Think Progress - "Think Progress is a "project" of the American Progress Action Fund (APAF), a "sister advocacy organization" of the John Podesta-led Center for American Progress (CAP) and CAP's entities such as Campus Progress. It also draws freely on the resources of the George Soros-funded Media Matters website edited by David Brock.

    Think Progress is an Internet blog that "pushes back, daily," by its own account, against its conservative targets, and supports the APAF agenda: to transform "progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world." Think Progress promotes an agenda identical to that of the left wing of the Democratic Party.

    "What We're Fighting For," says the Think Progress website, are: "Social and Economic Justice," "Healthy Communities," "Global Leadership" and "A Secure America." These terms are code for an agenda that is anti-capitalist, suspicious of the American military, obsessed with multilateral restraints on U.S. power, and distributionist in domestic fiscal matters.

    "What We're Fighting Against," says the Think Progress website, are: "Corrupt Establishment," "Incompetent Establishment," "Braindead Media," and "Radical Right-Wing Agenda."

    The editors and main bloggers of Think Progress are Judd Legum and Christy Harvey.

    Legum is the Research Director at the Center for American Progress and Co-Editor of The Progress Report, an APAF publication of news and commentary that Legum claims is emailed each weekday to 60,000 "progressive" readers. Harvey is Director of Strategic Communications at the Center for American Progress and Co-Editor of The Progress Report. She is a regular guest on Air America Radio's The Al Franken Show.

    Legum and Harvey co-authored a January 2005 article with Jonathan Baskin titled "The Death Squad Option" that suggested American troops were wantonly killing or kidnapping suspect Iraqis. Drawing a parallel with Reagan policy in El Salvador in the 1980s, the authors cited a 1993 United Nations-sponsored "truth commission" report claiming that up to "90 percent of the atrocities in the conflict" were committed by the U.S.-sponsored "death squads." "Faced with an intractable insurgency in Iraq," wrote Legum, Harvey and Baskin, "the Pentagon is returning to its bad old ways."

    CAP Fellow David Sirota, who also writes for Think Progress, worked for two years as chief spokesman for Democrats on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. Prior to that he was spokesman for independent Vermont Congressman Bernie Sanders, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the main American branch of the Socialist International and the founder of the Progressive Caucus in the House of Representatives."
    • joe7845, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1So?
    • ThrutchGrenadyn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0You mean the discredited report about breach of FEC regs? Even if true, so what? buried
  • hrtattx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4/suprised

    /sarcasm
  • JJsays, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Yes, Yes, Yes, Osama is a liberal
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Actually, Osama is a Religious Fanatic. If Osama was American, he'd be considered a "NeoConservative" / "Christian".

      Basically he'd be a hypocrite and liar. He'd lie, cheat and steal, and then "pray" to his invisible friend to get forgiveness. It would allow him to start, build and manage multi-million dollar corporations that ripped off consumers. He could do it with a clear conscience by thinking that the invisible man in his head was okay with his deceit.

      Why do NeoCons, Conservatives and Republicans hate attorneys?: Because they get caught.
      • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1You obviously didn't see his new video where he was talking about global warming. lol.....

        Why do you hate conservatives? Hate liberty, freedom or maybe the constitution? Your socialist utopia will not be on the soil of the USA.
      • ThrutchGrenadyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Liberty, freedom and the constitution - Have you checked what the (Un)Patriot(ic) Act has done to those?
  • Sinistocrat, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Buried for misleading title and a source that misconstrues information.
  • nastronomical, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2Ok Libs. So who should write the war report? Anti- war liberals such as Ted kennedy, Nany Pelosi, Harry Reid, John murtha? The mind wonders.
    • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7General Patraeus should write the report ! NOT THE MOST CORRUPT WHITE HOUSE IN US HISTORY!!!

      Are you that ***** stupid, or did you not read the ***** article?

      Ok CONman. So you're bashing a war veteran like John Murtha?! WHAT THE ***** HAVE YOU DONE for this COUNTRY?!

      Please, please please tell me you have actually served and you aren't pinning your hopes on throwing out a few names of a party you don't agree with. I don't like the current Republican administration and I could name 5 times as many failures: Jeff Gannon (Gay Republican Whitehouse reporter), FORMER Senator Ted Haggart (Gay child molester / National Christian Leader), FORMER Senator, Gay, Craig. (Iowa) introduced legislation against gays (he's another one of your hypocrite buddies). Should I continue, or have you realized that the Republican party has been scuttled.

      Please tell me that you actually have some content, and not just "Ok Libs." as if it was a bad thing.

      Our country is Progressive/Liberal. If you have a problem with that, get a ***** HELMET and STFU. You whiny soccer mom republicans and your "baby on board - please drive careful because I drive like an ***** in my minivan" stickers.

      I intentionally BRAKE in front of many Minivans because their owners are overprotective parents that don't actually parent.
      • an0nymous, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Dude, I totally understand your frustration with the asshat. He's in denial.
        this sentence "I intentionally BRAKE in front of many Minivans because their owners are overprotective parents that don't actually parent." marks you as a posturing *****, though.
        • cbergeron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yah, that was uncalled for. I was just pissed. I don't actually do that.
    • FredoBerfil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How about the GAO? They're not under the direction of the President, and they already delivered a report on the political situation in Iraq. And, they're nonpartisan.
  • nastronomical, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4REPOST

    Liberals - please note that thinkprogress.com is just another George Soros funded organization, one which recently received a $770,000 fine for violating FEC campaign laws. Thinkprogress.com is another organization in the democratic shadow party. This shadow party is controlled by a few uber rich left wing elitists. In essence, these people behind thinkprogress.com are the equivalent of Bush/Cheney/Haliburton.

    For more info please see - http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/

    Think Progress - "Think Progress is a "project" of the American Progress Action Fund (APAF), a "sister advocacy organization" of the John Podesta-led Center for American Progress (CAP) and CAP's entities such as Campus Progress. It also draws freely on the resources of the George Soros-funded Media Matters website edited by David Brock.

    Think Progress is an Internet blog that "pushes back, daily," by its own account, against its conservative targets, and supports the APAF agenda: to transform "progressive ideas into policy through rapid response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world." Think Progress promotes an agenda identical to that of the left wing of the Democratic Party.

    "What We're Fighting For," says the Think Progress website, are: "Social and Economic Justice," "Healthy Communities," "Global Leadership" and "A Secure America." These terms are code for an agenda that is anti-capitalist, suspicious of the American military, obsessed with multilateral restraints on U.S. power, and distributionist in domestic fiscal matters.

    "What We're Fighting Against," says the Think Progress website, are: "Corrupt Establishment," "Incompetent Establishment," "Braindead Media," and "Radical Right-Wing Agenda."

    The editors and main bloggers of Think Progress are Judd Legum and Christy Harvey.

    Legum is the Research Director at the Center for American Progress and Co-Editor of The Progress Report, an APAF publication of news and commentary that Legum claims is emailed each weekday to 60,000 "progressive" readers. Harvey is Director of Strategic Communications at the Center for American Progress and Co-Editor of The Progress Report. She is a regular guest on Air America Radio's The Al Franken Show.

    Legum and Harvey co-authored a January 2005 article with Jonathan Baskin titled "The Death Squad Option" that suggested American troops were wantonly killing or kidnapping suspect Iraqis. Drawing a parallel with Reagan policy in El Salvador in the 1980s, the authors cited a 1993 United Nations-sponsored "truth commission" report claiming that up to "90 percent of the atrocities in the conflict" were committed by the U.S.-sponsored "death squads." "Faced with an intractable insurgency in Iraq," wrote Legum, Harvey and Baskin, "the Pentagon is returning to its bad old ways."

    CAP Fellow David Sirota, who also writes for Think Progress, worked for two years as chief spokesman for Democrats on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. Prior to that he was spokesman for independent Vermont Congressman Bernie Sanders, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the main American branch of the Socialist International and the founder of the Progressive Caucus in the House of Representatives."
  • waynetheman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Well, how convenient. I guess it'll make it easier for him to deny what he says when he's called on it later.
  • Ebacherville, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hey there getting smarter , no paper trail, like that PNAC document Dick Chaney was part of where they state " we need a new pearl harbor".. to get America into war..to gain control over the country.. Look it up.
  • hittnrun, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0So funny, First the Petraus report would REALLY be written by the WH. Now, since it won't be a written report it's so "there won't be a paper trail".You libs spend your entire lives running around trying to make reality fit your stories until you have to change your stories to fit reality. Must get tiring. Wasting your lives. I guess when you're 10 years old it doesn't matter to you yet.
  • shabumike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1stop being mean,he's probably illiterate.
    • ThrutchGrenadyn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Not illiterate - just bought and paid for
  • PatriotCoC, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Unacceptable...
    http://www.CallOutCongress.com
  • tmcdigg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hey, don't like being accountable... change public expectations by re-framing the question, issue, or person who gives the so-called report!
    Hey, speaking of change... you might want to start VOTING OUT INCUMBENTS as well,, and I don't give a friggen RATS ASS if it's a democrat or republican, get them the hell out NOW. START COMPLETELY FRESH.
  • fixedcoma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1awesome! It's not like they are ever going to tell the truth about anything anyways. So why write up a report. Maybe this will help fall under the lines of impeachment. They don't want to show any proof of progress cause most likely there is none. Soon The govt. will fall and the corporations will enslave everybody. That's why the elections were rigged from the start, so their beautiful plan to police and monitor every country under their rule and no one else goes through as planned. Millions of third world people will die due to this and this is only the beginning. Just guess what happens when we go into a recession? Wait till they take you guns away , bill Clinton signed the bill for an opposing force to come into the U.S.A. and take your weapons, he signed it himself. The thing i ask is why are we letting them do all this ***** to ourselves? Strange? just ***** a waste and strange as *****! Maybe i should start a company that creates weapons so i can be a billionaire and bank off this broke ass country!!
  • stepnw1f, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Bitchtreaus isn't? Why? Can't he speak for himself? Hey Bush? You aint foolin' no one. You ***** LOST THE WAR and now want to pass it off to the next President. You piece of *****!
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