Political Quotes

“the troop surge in Iraq has clearly failed. It has failed to achieve its purpose. The troop surge has failed not because of our troops, but because of the failures of politicians here in Washington and in Iraq. This President's surge has been as successful as the President's boast to catch Osama bin Laden ``dead or alive.'' We now have three reports from entities at least somewhat independent from the Bush propaganda machine that confirm the obvious. The National Intelligence Estimate providing the thinking of the intelligence community that, instead of getting better, the situation in Iraq will get worse: ``The Iraqi government will become more precarious over the next 6 to 12 months.'' The Independent Commission on Security Forces concluded that the Iraqi Interior Ministry is ``dysfunctional.'' It is so bad that it cannot be fixed; they recommend that it be disbanded. The Government Accountability Office evaluated the surge, and it judged President Bush's policy using his own criteria with a clear ``F,'' a clear failure, a fiasco, a fatal flop, with only 3 of 18 benchmarks having been met. Today, General Petraeus can cite whatever selective statistics that his political bosses may permit him to disclose, but the facts are that each and every month this year has involved more deaths of American troops than each month, including August last year.…”