From what I've read, some Bush speech writers and political appointees will write the actual report. I guess we can prepare for more lies from this administration.
Americans also don't have much credibility in the 'Petreaus Report' according to a recent poll.
From The Moderate Voice:
A majority of Americans don’t trust the upcoming report by the Army’s top commander in Iraq on the progress of the war and even if they did, it wouldn’t change their mind, according to a new poll.
President Bush frequently has asked Congress — and the American people — to withhold judgment on his so-called troop surge in Iraq until Gen. David Petraeus, the commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, issue their progress report in September.
But according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday, 53 percent of people polled said they suspect that the military assessment of the situation will try to make it sound better than it actually is. Forty-three percent said they do trust the report......
There are several facts we know for sure about Iraq:
3,704 Americans have died in Iraq (ICasualties) and over 30,000 have been wounded.
There were 99 Army suicides last year. (Forbes)
The cost of Bush's Iraq war is well over $452 TRILLION. (National Priorities Project)
Isn't time that Americans demanded that our troops be brought home immediately?
UPDATE ON GIULIANI'S TIME AT GROUND ZERO:
The New York Times has a graphic that shows exactly how much time Rudy Giuliani spent at Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks. From September 17-December 16, 2001, Rudy spent 29 hours there. As noted in the New York Times, "....far less time than that of the recovery workers , who often worked consecutive 12-hour days." (To see the graphic, click on the New York Times link.)
