Think the month of September will actually bring a denouement on Iraq? Think again.
Buried in today’s story on the GOP filibuster in The Washington Post (a word the paper avoids, as did nearly every other mainstream outlet), is this little nugget, the out that the president is likely to use to keep the war going:
Samir Sumaidaie, Iraq’s ambassador to the United States, said yesterday that the Baghdad government believes the Petraeus-Crocker report will be too premature in judging the impact of the U.S. military buildup.
“We want the surge continued. September is frankly too soon to really show anything more than an inkling of its potential. But we want that to continue until we see real fruit,” Sumaidaie told reporters.
It’s only a matter of time before the president, GOP senators and the conservative media (FOX, Bill O’Reilly, etc.) start framing the debate in this way.
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