General Petraeus: "We Haven't Turned Any Corners. We Haven't Seen Any Lights At The End Of The Tunnel"

I disagre! Many corners have been turned. It's just that around each one of them there awaited some Iraqi "insurgents" ready to deal lethal blows at the American force.
Same thing, mutatis mutandis, applies to the light at the end of the tunnel thingy.

Sure, I'm confidant that personal and sectarian vendettas will evaporate like the morning dew the minute US forces pull their thumb out of the dyke. Yes, I know civil wars are historically the worst kind, for cruelty and venality, but somehow the Iraqis will transcend human nature and work out their differences equitably, without resorting to force, even in a power vacuum. In any event, I'm not responsible for whatever happens over there, Bush is.

I remember that when Bush was thinking about invading Iraq that politically active actress saying something like this on TV over and over again: "If America does this unilaterally, we are doomed. We're DOOMED." Everyone thought she was so radical and no one paid attention to her; after all, she's just an actress, not a person, not intelligent. How ironic.

The Bush administration's policy in Iraq has essentially never changed from its initial policy of 'Stay the Course.' They have put alot of new names and explanations on this policy, but they are doing the same thing they have always done, with a unique twist of actually bringing in more troops and keeping the ones there longer. When one watched Petraeus yesterday, one saw someone who has agreed to accept the job of carrying out a policy that has basically no chance of succeeding.

When Patraeus could not answer or frame for both the republican and Democrat leaders what constituted the circumstances where we could leave, it was clear he was told not to answer such a question because, this administration does not ever intend to leave. Patraeus has already seen what occurs to folks in the Bush administration who actually have the temerity to answer with straight answers. This was a boon for the MSM, but it was another loser for the American people who might have expected this current administration of really trying to end this conflict.

Bush and Cheney are the ones who should have been in the hot seat, not their surrogates who are sent there to cover up and mask their lies.

OH, I SEE A LIGHT A THE END OF THE TUNNEL! It's an oncoming train and what we're about to get is therefore a train wreck....

The US must allow Iraq go through a civil war otherwise they will never understand the meaning of a sovereign nation.

The troops should not be interfering with any fight between shiites and sunnis.

They should allow them kill themselves for AT LEAST A WEEK before interfering.

Last month, the House amended the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expand the government"s ability to monitor our private communications. This measure, if it becomes law, will result in more warrantless government surveillance of innocent American citizens.
The Emerging Surveillance State..freeedumb n moceryy people..

Tell me lies tell more lies..He needs new set of glasses..light my fire.what a fraud..

A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq, passed to the Guardian, shows that provision is being made for an open-ended military presence in the country.hallelujahSecret US Plan for Military Future in Iraq

The draft strategic framework agreement between the US and Iraqi governments, dated March 7 and marked "secret" and "sensitive", is intended to replace the existing UN mandate and authorises the US to "conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of security" without time limit.

The authorisation is described as "temporary" and the agreement says the US "does not desire permanent bases or a permanent military presence in Iraq". But the absence of a time limit or restrictions on the US and other coalition forces - including the British - in the country means it is likely to be strongly opposed in Iraq and the US.

Iraqi critics point out that the agreement contains no limits on numbers of US forces, the weapons they are able to deploy, their legal status or powers over Iraqi citizens, going far beyond long-term US security agreements with other countries. The agreement is intended to govern the status of the US military and other members of the multinational force.heheheh

By attacking Iraq, Bush has bogged us down in a country whose potential threat was throughly contained prior to the war. He has destabilized the region, and created a massive job fair for Al Queda, Hezzbolah and all other previously marginalized radical political sects.
ALSO;
1) Bush has exhausted our military resources
2) drained our treasury
3) and destroying our foreign alliances
4) While allowing the Taliban to run free in Afghanistan.
5) Did I mention Pakistan is going to fall apart (They have nukes)
6) And that crazy bastard in North Korea has been given a walk for seven years?

THAT IS WHY WE ARE MUCH LESS SAFE.

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We haven't seen any lights at the end of the tunnel."

But by God, we're gonna keep sending soldiers in to look for it.

General Petraeus: "We Haven't Turned Any Corners. We Haven't Seen Any Lights At The End Of The Tunnel"

General, you won't see any lights with your head up his ass, Adm Fallon.

As Senator Kennedy said, we were told last year we could not leave because there was too much violence and now we are told we can not leave because violence is down. Bring the troops home!

General Betray-Us is convincingly playing the role of the "good soldier", representing the leadership that remains after all others with a conscience, intelligence, or both have been terminated by the Bubble Boy and Darth Cheney.
His mission: To continue kicking the can down the road until the current administration's term has expired (assuming that this actually occurs). In that way, the Chimpy and his groupies can claim that they were winning when he left office and that any final "loss" will be the fault of his successor.
Final note about not having seen any lights at the end of the tunnel -- If Betray-Us were to remove his blinders, the "lights at the end of the tunnel" would be clearly visible and if he were to remove his earplugs, he would hear the unmistakable sound of an oncoming train, which leaves two options: 1) Wait and become a hood ornament for the lead locomotive or 2) Get out of the tunnel. Perhaps the citizens of this country and lemmings share far more in common than previously thought.

THE DECISION to INVADE IRAQ will go down in HISTORY as the BIGGEST STRATEGIC MISTAKE in the HISTORY OF US WARFARE.

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It appears that its the DEMS that want to flip flop...you always said no blood for oil...well, we haven't getting getting oil out of Iraq...but now it appears the DEMS want to make sure that the Iraqis pay for our blood with their oil...so at your next protest, be sure you have a sign saying we demand oil for blood, just like the DEMS in Congress asked for!

General Betray-Us is convincingly playing the part of the "good soldier", representing the leadership that remains after all others with a conscience, intelligence, or both have been terminated by Chimpy and Deadeye Dick.
His mission: To continue kicking the can down the road until the current administration's term has expired (assuming that this actually occurs). In that way, the Bubble Boy and his groupies can claim that they were winning when he left office and that any final "loss" will be the fault of his successor.
Final note about not having seen any lights at the end of the tunnel -- If Betray-Us were to remove his blinders, the "lights at the end of the tunnel" would be clearly visible and if he were to remove his earplugs, he would hear the unmistakable sound of an oncoming train, which leaves two options: 1) Wait and become a hood ornament for the lead locomotive or 2) Get out of the tunnel. Perhaps the citizens of this country and lemmings share far more in common than previously thought.

I thought if you tunneled deep enough you'd come out in China?

"And all the American weapons and all the American might... couldn't put Iraq together again"

It is time we accept the consequences of our stupidity. We voted in George Bush twice... bad judgment on our part. With the approval of Congress, he authorized a war in Iraq which has completely broken the country apart. Iraq today is a heap of rubble everywhere with destruction of buildings and infra-structure, no American with a sense of right & wrong could truly say, pull up and leave the havoc we have created.

As costly as it has been and will be for us, we are morally responsible to try and fix what we directly destroyed. No matter how vile Sadam was, there was some sense of rule and "order" in Iraq. Today there is so much internal fighting for power, we don't even know who can possibly take the helm. We have stirred up an ants nests and our lack of cultural understanding of the region short-sighted us to the fact that the different cultural and religious factions would all want to die fighting for the power to rule. This "cowboy, shoot dem up" mentality has got us into one fine mess.

The Law of the Universe states: for every action, there is a reaction... cause & effect.
The action was to invade Iraq - the effect is having to pay the ultimate price for one of the stupidest mistakes in our entire history as a nation. We must take responsibility for our

There's certainly light at the other end of the tunnel with Jimmy Carter, Prez Ahmed........, Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Osama etc. waving their white flags of 'peace'.