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The White House said Monday that Gen. David Petraeus likely will testify before Congress on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...Umm-hmm. Yeah, Congress has had a busy docket the past couple years, hiding money in freezers, getting arrested for lewd conduct in restrooms, assaulting people at airports and checkpoints, and getting arrested at protests. Yup, their plate's pretty full (with COURT DATES!), so it HAS to be a coincidence that hearings on the war can only take place on the emotionally-charged date of Sept. 11. They really do think we're that stupid. Can we add "contempt of the public" to the list of charges?
According to (Gordon) Johndroe (White House spokesman), the fact that the pair likely will appear before Congress on Sept. 11 has nothing to do with the anniversary of the attack, but was rather dictated by Congress’s tight schedule.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Isn't that convenient?
Readers of this blog know I'm conflicted about the war with Iraq. I believe it was a mistake to go there; we doubled that mistake by using half-measures and happy thoughts the first three to four years. Should we leave Iraq worse than we found it, it will be a disaster. But I've yet to see much to instill confidence that 'staying the course' will mean anything besides throwing good money--and lives--after bad. I want to believe the reports the surge shows signs of enhancing security and providing the possibility of political improvement. But it doesn't help my cynicism to see machinations like this:
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And don't miss the earlier point that the White House is going to write Gen. Petraeus' speech for him. Continued instability means continued profit.
...anybody following the procurement and disbursement 'investigations' knows that only too well. So we have an administration preparing a speech to a Congress that's full of miscreants... I think I'll skip that C-SPAN theater.
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