Surge

10:48 pm EST August 29th, 2007 | News | 8 Comments

The Iraq policy is still failing, but the administration just wants to spin it. As usual.

Congressional auditors have determined that the Iraqi government has failed to meet the vast majority of political and military goals laid out by lawmakers to assess President Bush’s Iraq war strategy, The Associated Press has learned.

The Government Accountability Office, or GAO, will report that at least 13 of the 18 benchmarks to measure the surge of U.S. troops to Iraq are unfulfilled ahead of a Sept. 15 deadline for Bush to give a detailed accounting of the situation eight months after he announced the policy, according to three officials familiar with the matter.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been made public, also said the administration is preparing a case to play down its findings, arguing that Congress ordered the GAO to use unfair, “all or nothing” standards when compiling the document.

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8 Responses to “Surge”

  1. Repack Rider says:
    August 29, 2007 at 11:22 pm

    But…the SCHOOLS got painted!

  2. durablend says:
    August 29, 2007 at 11:27 pm

    And didn’t some shopkeeper put a window in?

    YEAH BABY–WE’VE TURNED THE CORNER!!!!

  3. Duros62 says:
    August 30, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    Well, look, the parliament goes back to work after Labor Day, right? Then they’ll have two whole weeks to get all that shit done before the 15th.

    I don’t see a problem.

  4. frameone says:
    August 30, 2007 at 2:48 pm

    Duros is right. Two weeks is plenty of time. It might take a few 12 hour days and a lot of pizza delivery but, hey, sometimes you gotta sacrifice …

  5. Duros62 says:
    August 30, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    Plus it will be a lot cooler, too. Nobody wants to work in air-conditioned buildings when its 180 degrees outside.

  6. frameone says:
    August 30, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    just remember, no white shoes … wearing white shoes after labor day that could unravel the whole thing …
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FByo6a5fJtQ

  7. Duros62 says:
    August 30, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    Was that Patty Hearst?

  8. frameone says:
    September 1, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    yes, yes it is …