The first day of congressional Iraq progress report testimony by General David Petraeus is easy to sum up:
We have no long-term strategy.
We have no end-game plan.
We just need more Friedman Units, pretty please.
While none of this is surprising (and I hold Petraeus in the highest regard), it is deeply depressing that this is the best he can offer. It is the best that he can offer because that’s all that the White House has to offer.
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