The troop surge will never be complete. It was supposed to have been complete by the summer, giving Petraeus opportunity to assess progress and report in September.

Come September, it’ll be the same song and dance. “We need more time”, “One last chance”…how many more times must we hear these pathetic whimpers from an administration that has been demonstrably wrong since day one. It’s an end-game – run out the clock and leave the resonsibility for cleaning up the mess to someone else, i.e. George Bush’s SOP.

If you’re so gung-ho, why don’t you enlist young man? From what I understand you’re of prime age (if not shape) to defend George Bush’s failed foreign policy. You could report directly back from the frontlines of the surge on how the MSM is misrepresenting the progress we’re making….

What kind of irresponsible jerks call their own nation’s military strategy a failure before it’s even been fully implemented?

Rob, I would like to rephrase that question and ask:
What kind of irresponsible jerks call their own nation’s military strategy a failure? At all? To me, it wouldn’t matter if the entire surge brigades and the Marine Expeditionary Unit and the combat aviation brigade were fully positioned. I have total unequivocal disrespect for any political figure that publicly berates their own country’s military.
Regardless to his claim of “failure” being correct or not is not the only issue here.
There are two possibilities to why Reid said what he did:
1. To use for his own political advantage.
2. For nothing short of Anti-war propaganda.

If politicians have a need to critique the military they must avoid betraying the social solidarity of the country they represent.
He should never have insinuated failure of any sort or that we have lost the war…(that so much was sacrificed for). He didn’t single anyone out.. his words went out to everyone that this war has touched. He could have said that all the talk of winning or losing is irrelevant. “You can’t win or lose a war in which you have no definite enemy and no clear objectives.” It’s time to redeploy in Iraq not because we’ve lost or are losing but because it’s an endless war.
Because of personal issues I will not express my position on this war but I will forever support what it means to be a proud American.

Graybeard: Characterizing Reid as a traitor, however, is typical of those that are still in denial over the situation in Iraq. When all else fails, attack the messenger.

Ironically, that is precisely what anti-war propagandist Hanoi Jane said.

graybeard. I did, and volunteered, and served, and was not afraid to defend our position with bullets if necessary. Now. Reid needs to go down just like Dashel did. In my opinion, he is a pandering traitor, not much different than jane fonda who I see in urinals.

Chief: I applaud your service.

Reid, having voted for Petraeus and insisting on holding both he and his C-in-C accountable, is doing his job. Petraeus and Bush portrayed the surge as being operative and fully-manned this summer. Petraeus is evidently back-pedalling in the face of hard facts.

Characterizing Reid as a traitor, however, is typical of those that are still in denial over the situation in Iraq. When all else fails, attack the messenger.

Petraeus and Bush portrayed the surge as being operative and fully-manned this summer.

The start of summer is June 21st, and it’s “this summer until September 21st. Duh.

Bill Roggio has a good summary by the way, see Anbar Rising.

Petraeus and Bush portrayed the surge as being operative and fully-manned this summer. Petraeus is evidently back-pedalling in the face of hard facts.

I guess I’d like to see some quotes or video of either Bush or Petraeus saying that the surge has been fully deployed.

But that won’t be forthcoming now, will it Graybeard? Because you’re lying.