The General Petraeus Show was carried on the various networks today. I will sum up what Petraeus said:
1. The surge is working because someone told him it is.
2. There are less insurgent attacks.
3. Petraeus and Ambassador Corker said that the people in Iraq want a democratic federal government even though they have no experience, history, or knowledge of what it is.
4. The Anbar province in Iraq is like Disney World. Everything is good, clean, and safe.
5. There will be troops sent home. The 30,000 troops that will be sent home are the same 30,000 troops that were part of the surge.
6. There is no chance for a political or diplomatic solution to the war because no one in the administration is working on it.
The surge is working? If you repeat it enough times, people will believe it is true, even if it is a lie.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that American deaths have increased since last year. After examining the numbers as posted at ICasualties, you too can see that Americans are dying in increasing numbers:
US Deaths by Month
Jan. 2006 = 62 Jan. 2007 = 83
Feb. 2006 = 55 Feb. 2007 = 81
Mar. 2006 = 31 Mar. 2007 = 81
Apr. 2006 = 76 Apr. 2007 = 104
May 2006 = 69 May 2007 = 126
June 2006 = 61 June 2007 = 101
July 2006 = 43 July 2007 = 79
Aug. 2006 = 65 Aug. 2007 = 84
How does an increase in deaths of American soldiers and Marines display success in the eyes of this administration and Gen. Petraeus? The rising American deaths is a catastrophe, but this administration will not lift one finger to bring all the troops home. The Iraq mess will be dumped into the lap of the next President.
If we remain silent, our elected officials will assume that we believe this propaganda. Call the offices of your Senators and Representative and tell them you want the troops home now.
