Posted on 09/10/2007 9:47:42 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle
Petraeus set to testify as pressures mount
WASHINGTON - As General David H. Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, prepared to report to Congress today on gains made by the surge of 30,000 additional US troops in Iraq, two national polls released yesterday indicated that a majority of Americans believe the increased US troop presence has failed to deliver significant improvements in the war-torn country. The polls are troubling signs for the Bush administration's intensifying efforts to keep up American support for a large-scale troop presence in Iraq.
Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the US ambassador to Iraq, are slated to testify before four Congressional committees today and tomorrow. They are widely expected to report limited political progress in Iraq, but some significant military gains, including a reduction in sectarian violence and a new partnership with Sunni Muslim groups to fight Al Qaeda in Iraq forces in Anbar Province. Later this week, President Bush will announce his plans for the US military in Iraq.
Even before the week of high-stakes testimony begins, the report by Petraeus and Crocker has been the subject of a full-throttle public relations battle, as the administration and its supporters seek to turn the tide of US public opinion about the war, while those favoring a pullout seek to raise doubts about Petraeus's assessment.
Moveon.org, a liberal group that opposes the war, will run an ad today in The New York Times that asks: "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" The ad suggests that Petraeus is "cooking the books for the White House" by overstating progress there.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Now, the Dem Senators think the "American People" support their position to end the war. It is an unspoken conspiracy that borders on treason. Grrrr...
Wouldn’t the poll make more sense to do after the report is released?
The sickening display of DemocRATs on the hearings, Skelton and now the little, creepy Lantos have spoken with such traitorous and arrogant accusations that I am hoping that the American people throw everyone in the DemocRAT Party OUT of Congress and the United States. This ia a national disgrace!
Doesn’t matter to the MSM!
Define “significant progress”
Polls don’t fight wars.
This MSM crap really smells like it’s coming from beneath the Demorats outhouse...
Cut and run Paul’s spammers have been hard at work I see.
General Patton once articulated the truth (In 1945) that Americans hate a loser. After fighting for ties or losses in Korea, Vietnam, losing China, losing Cuba, too many Americans think that the Middle East is too far away to worry about. The MSM has pumped up the volume and propaganda too much. The Surge is starting to turn some opinion. If it continues to work another year or so, perhaps it will stabilize Iraq so the people can work out their problems. Surrender is not an option.
Not if you are trying to engineer an outcome (i.e. a negative assessment of [any] progress in Iraq.)
. . . some significant military gains, including a reduction in sectarian violence and a new partnership with Sunni Muslim groups to fight Al Qaeda in Iraq forces in Anbar Province.
I'd like to know how many U.S. soldiers have been killed and wounded in the last 4+ years by these "Sunni Muslim groups" that are supposed to be our partners now.
In Current Polls, 80% of respondents believe Democrat congress critters are yellow belly cowards with their heads in the sand and waving a white flag of surrender.
Consider the source and the limited group of folks being polled. This resembles the inflated Lancet poll of civilian deaths in Iraq. Be skeptical. Be very skeptical.
A test...
Boston Globe...check.
Two polls...check.
Haven’t clicked the link yet, will be surprised to see that neither of the polls are from Pew.
Let’s see.
Consider these controlled polls.
Hmmm, no Pew poll.
Only a poll from the ever trustworthy ABC/Washington Post, and from the always esteemed CBS/New York Times.
I am wrong.
The liberals must be right.
Iraq was a bad idea.
We should have kept our slaves and let the south seceed.
I am stunned, and will never question our liberal masters again.
;-)
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