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Poor Petraeus....

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Red Robin said:
Oldtimer said:
Red Robin said:
I would agree with you to an extent about the perception but the democrats voted for Petreaus and wouldn't even wait on the report. They were bashing him without even hearing it. That's stupid. They were unprofessional at best and treasonous at worst.

Your talking politicians-- and I'm talking the public-- the ones that are supposed to count in this country.....
Huh? :???: Are the public not the ones going to elect the officials this next year? I don't follow. I say it's a net negative for the democratic traitors that voted for Petreaus then bashed him before hearing his report. Not very stately. They look like fools.

Oh I agree with you about the politicians that came out against him-- but I think many of them are playing to their back home folks- as I think in many areas it didn't/doesn't matter what Patraeus said--GW/Administration has lost so much credibility they (Repubs and Dems) aren't going to believe it...And if their folks back home want out-- thats who they are supposed to be representing-- so what they should be doing....

Too bad GW didn't take a lesson from Vietnam-or Korea and learn that US citizens will only support war so long...
Even when we were winning WWII- Truman recognized this...One of the major factors in his decision to drop the Atom bomb was that homefolks were tiring of the war--US troops/families were openly opposing troops being sent from the European Theatre, now that the war was over in Europe, to the Pacific...He feared that if the war went another year he would be hard pressed to negotiate a truce with Japan- and he wanted nothing short of unconditional surrender....

I watched Patraeus tonite on FOX-- and he has his sh*t together--but I wonder if it ain't a dime short and a day late...
 
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I'd say the Administration has a terrible credibility problem :roll:

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Survey of 800 Likely Voters
September 4, 2007

Will General Petraeus Issue a Positive or Negative Report on Troop Surge Next WeeK?

Positive
45%

Negative
24%

Not Sure
31%

Will Report By Petraeus Honestly and Accurately Reflect His View of the Situation?

Yes
39%

No
35%

Not Sure
26%



Just 39% Believe Iraq Report Will Honestly Present Petraeus Views; 35% Say It Will Not

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

General David Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, will be issuing a formal progress report on the situation in Iraq next week. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 45% of American voters expect a positive report while 24% expect the opposite. Thirty-one percent (31%) are not sure.

However, just 39% believe the report will honestly and accurately reflect the General’s true assessment of the situation in Iraq. Thirty-five percent (35%) say it will not while 26% are not sure.

As with all polling questions on the topic of Iraq, there is a sharp divide along partisan lines. Republicans, by a 62% to 14% margin, expect a positive report. Democrats are evenly divided with 34% anticipating a positive report and 31% with the opposite view. Forty-two percent (42%) of those not affiliated with either major party say the report will be positive and 25% of unaffiliateds say negative.

By a 58% to 22% margin, Republicans expect the report to honestly reflect the views of Petraeus. Just 25% of Democrats share that assessment while 43% say the report will not accurately reflect what Petraeus thinks. Unaffiliateds are evenly divided.

The Rasmussen Reports telephone survey also found that 27% of American voters believe the troop surge is working and 25% say it is too early to tell. Forty-three percent (43%) believe the troop surge has failed. Those figures are similar to results from a month ago. The current public assessment is a bit more upbeat than at the beginning of the summer.

Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republicans say either that the surge has worked or that it’s too early to tell. That view is shared by 53% of unaffiliateds and 33% of Democrats.

Sixty-one percent (61%) of Democrats say the surge has been a failure. That assessment is shared by 43% of unaffiliateds and 22% of Republicans.

Most American voters (52%) still want U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by early next year. Thirty-five percent (35%) oppose that policy.

Twenty-nine percent (29%) of voters followed stories of the President’s surprise visit to Iraq Very Closely. Another 37% followed that news story Somewhat Closely.

An earlier survey, found that a narrow majority wants to wait for the September report from General David Petraeus before making any major policy changes.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/just_39_believe_iraq_report_will_honestly_present_petraeus_views_35_say_it_will_not
 
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Boy-- some of the Newspapers and Blogs are smashing the General more than GW or any of the politicians now...I hope this one is true- mean the old boy has some incentive to get er done.....

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13 September 2007 13:14
President Petraeus? Iraqi official recalls the day US general revealed ambition

By Patrick Cockburn
Published: 13 September 2007

The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, expressed long-term interest in running for the US presidency when he was stationed in Baghdad, according to a senior Iraqi official who knew him at that time.

Sabah Khadim, then a senior adviser at Iraq's Interior Ministry, says General Petraeus discussed with him his ambition when the general was head of training and recruitment of the Iraqi army in 2004-05.


"I asked him if he was planning to run in 2008 and he said, 'No, that would be too soon',"
Mr Khadim, who now lives in London, said.

General Petraeus has a reputation in the US Army for being a man of great ambition. If he succeeds in reversing America's apparent failure in Iraq, he would be a natural candidate for the White House in the presidential election in 2012.

His able defence of the "surge" in US troop numbers in Iraq as a success before Congress this week has made him the best-known soldier in America. An articulate, intelligent and energetic man, he has always shown skill in managing the media.

But General Petraeus's open interest in the presidency may lead critics to suggest that his own political ambitions have influenced him in putting an optimistic gloss on the US military position in Iraq .

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2956422.ece
 

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