Back Off!!

Looks like a lot of us need to back off a bit on criticism that the White House was going to "ghost write" the status report on the Iraq War, instead of letting General Patraeus handle it.  I didn't like the looks of that, thinking it was going to lead to a whitewashed report.  One little problem in that line of reasoning - it's not correct. Seems the prez is SUPPOSED to write the report...

Right wing outraged by correct labeling of Iraq report.

Yesterday, the Washington Times reported that Congressional leaders have begun calling the upcoming Iraq assessment “the Bush report” rather than crediting it to Gen. David Petraeus — a change that the paper and other right wingers claim is an effort to “undermine” Petraeus’ credibility. But, as TPM’s Greg Sargent points out, the legislation calling for [...]

Tags: Bush Report, Patraeus Report, Greg Sargent, Iraq War

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