The Decider has Decided to Become the Delayer!

Spin, Spin and More Spin

General Petraeus has entered the halls of congress with medals and pins emblazoned on his uniform to give his report. What does it really boil down to after all the spin, hyperbole and obfuscation? Hey guys, he just wants another 6 months.

This is not about creating the conditions for the Iraqi government to resolve differences and move forward.

This is not about is the surge working or not.

This is not about winning the war on terrorism.

This really is not about accurately reporting whether levels of violence are up or down in the neighborhoods of Baghdad.

This is not about our military’s capacity to maintain troop levels in the foreseeable future.

Petraeus's testimony and his efforts to curtail sectarian violence in Iraq is primarily a stall tactic. Although the NCAA does not allow it anymore, Bush and his American Enterprise brain trust have put together a four corners offense to slow everything down. Fatboy has repeatedly written in this blog that the Decider has decided that he will leave office without resolving the mess he created in Iraq. Whoever is elected the next President will be left with auspicious duty of putting an end to our involvement in Iraq. Although much blood is on W’s hands, he will not be one be in office when the full-fledged Iraqi Civil War breaks out.

If we decided today to leave Iraq, it would take at least a year or more to extricate our military, support forces and contract workers. Bush and his minions know this and are using Petreaus and the surge, and any other political tactic available to cover their tracks.

We needed six months ago to see if the surge is working. Guess what? General Petraeus is asking for another six months to once again solidify whatever progress is had made in the past six months. Before you know it the November Presidential elections have occurred and the whole Iraq debacle will be thrown into Hillary’s, Rudy’s or God Forbid, Mitt’s lap.

This Decider has decided to become the Delayer!