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CptSternn · 09-12-2007, 02:29 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20712196...week/?from=rss

The Petraeus report is out, and Newsweek has a review of it online. Interesting tidbit they point out in that story...

Not surprisingly, Petraeus performed smoothly in his testimony to Congress. But an internal Pentagon report is expected to 'differ substantially' from his recommendations on withdrawal from Iraq, NEWSWEEK has learned.

NEWSWEEK has learned that a separate internal report being prepared by a Pentagon working group will “differ substantially” from Petraeus’s recommendations, according to an official who is privy to the ongoing discussions but would speak about them only on condition of anonymity. An early version of the report, which is currently being drafted and is expected to be completed by the beginning of next year, will “recommend a very rapid reduction in American forces: as much as two-thirds of the existing force very quickly, while keeping the remainder there.” The strategy will involve unwinding the still large U.S. presence in big forward operation bases and putting smaller teams in outposts. “There is interest at senior levels [of the Pentagon] in getting alternative views” to Petraeus, the official said. Among others, Centcom commander Admiral William Fallon is known to want to draw down faster than Petraeus...

So the report he gave congress was inaccurate, and says almost the opposite of what he is reporting to the pentagon. Umm..isn't that lying under oath to congress? Didn't we just see another bush-ite sacked over this? Are they seriously trying it again, already?

Does it bother anyone else that these people lie under oath, to congress, to America?

Well, at least now most Americans are getting used to this sort of treatment...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/...l.iraq.report/

..according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday, 53 percent of people polled said they suspect that the military assessment of the situation will try to make it sound better than it actually is. Forty-three percent said they do trust the report.

It says a lot about a nation when 43% of the people think their government is outright lying to them and say on the record they have no faith in their leaders reports and findings.

09-12-2007, 02:29 AM	#290
CptSternn Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,587	http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20712196...week/?from=rss The Petraeus report is out, and Newsweek has a review of it online. Interesting tidbit they point out in that story... Not surprisingly, Petraeus performed smoothly in his testimony to Congress. But an internal Pentagon report is expected to 'differ substantially' from his recommendations on withdrawal from Iraq, NEWSWEEK has learned. NEWSWEEK has learned that a separate internal report being prepared by a Pentagon working group will “differ substantially” from Petraeus’s recommendations, according to an official who is privy to the ongoing discussions but would speak about them only on condition of anonymity. An early version of the report, which is currently being drafted and is expected to be completed by the beginning of next year, will “recommend a very rapid reduction in American forces: as much as two-thirds of the existing force very quickly, while keeping the remainder there.” The strategy will involve unwinding the still large U.S. presence in big forward operation bases and putting smaller teams in outposts. “There is interest at senior levels [of the Pentagon] in getting alternative views” to Petraeus, the official said. Among others, Centcom commander Admiral William Fallon is known to want to draw down faster than Petraeus... So the report he gave congress was inaccurate, and says almost the opposite of what he is reporting to the pentagon. Umm..isn't that lying under oath to congress? Didn't we just see another bush-ite sacked over this? Are they seriously trying it again, already? Does it bother anyone else that these people lie under oath, to congress, to America? Well, at least now most Americans are getting used to this sort of treatment... http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/...l.iraq.report/ ..according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday, 53 percent of people polled said they suspect that the military assessment of the situation will try to make it sound better than it actually is. Forty-three percent said they do trust the report. It says a lot about a nation when 43% of the people think their government is outright lying to them and say on the record they have no faith in their leaders reports and findings.