"For
a long time now, we've wanted to figure out whether or not our strategy in Iraq
is working, whether there were signs of progress or perhaps forces there beyond
our control. The time to do that hasn't been right, but I feel it coming
[on
screen: pols and media figures saying they are waiting for Gen. Petraeus'
progress report].
While this man, this general clearly named for the Greek God
of progress assessing, his powers have not always been so great. For instance,
six weeks before the 2004 presidential election, General Petraeus wrote a Washington
Post op-ed about the Iraq war
that was so upbeat, you would have thought the insurgency was in its last
throws.
I certainly hope that one incredibly relevant to the story here mistake
won't cause pundits and politicians to be too cautious in their assessments of
the general
[on screen: pundits and pols singing Petraeus' praises and calling
him a 'miracle-worker'].
Yes, it's been said he can turn water into bottled
water." --Jon Stewart
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