A lot of bloggers have been pushing around the news today that the Petraeus report that Sen. Wyden was basing all his Iraq plans on yesterday in the Town Hall on Iraq yesterday is going to be written by the White House’s heavy hand:
After years of slogans and soundbites Americans deserve an even-handed assessment of conditions in Iraq. Sadly, we will only receive a snapshot from the same people who told us the mission was accomplished and the insurgency was in its last throes. Weve spent hundreds of billions of dollars and lost thousands of lives in Iraq. An honest report from our generals and diplomats about the status of the war isnt too much to ask.
Oh, wait, that was no blogger. that was Rep. Rahm Emanuel according to Greg Sargent at TPM Cafe (via Shrillblog).
Was this at all foreseeable? Did we really need to wait for the Petraeus report to tell us what was going to happen? Or could you have assumed that the Bush administration would pull this kind of crap from the beginning of the surge? I mean, that is, unless you were gullible enough to trust them.
Better get out your verification boots. It’s going to be deep wading, and you don’t even want to know what you’re going to be wading through.