Gen Petraeus Report.....Part Two

by Jeff Morris [courtesy of Blog for America]

   As expected, there were no surprises in the testimony given by Gen Petraeus on Capital Hill. The purpose of his report to Congress was to give an honest assessment of the progress (or lack of) in Iraq. I was a bit struck by how the report was very close to nothing more than a re-cycled, re- print of his testimony of last year. He advised against any troop withdrawal, claimed the Military needs six more months, then wait forty five days, with an assessment to come in Sept. Identical to last years report. The plan is undoubtedly to keep U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely, six months at a time.