“Being “rebuff” by an army press release is approximately equal to “exists”, and means approximately nothing. “
To us folks that support the military, the military press releases are not meaningless. They are to you because they contradict your defeatist claims.
“Pretending Maliki just loves Petraeus and loves our arming the Sunnis is so ridiculous I can hardly believe you are attempting to maintain it.”
Your strawman arguements are invalid. You still have not supported your claims.