Petraeus testimony wrap-up

[radioguy]

* American killed in battle is down
* Iraqi civilian deaths are down
* Attacks against civilians are down
* Overall weekly attacks are down
* Sectarian violence is down
* Nearly 50% more weapons caches found so far this year, than any other year.
* IED attacks are down
* Anbar attacks down by nearly 80%
* High profile attacks are down

Conclusion:

THE SURGE IS WORKING! AMERICA IS WINNING!
Hooray for the U.S.A!

[cyan]

i started reading his report. you missed one though.
Iran is funding Iraqi insurgents. atleast we now the surge is working now

look at the second page with the map. i find it weird Iran would be accused so bluntly. http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/09/10/petraeus.slides.pdf

[Linkster]

Wow - how anyone got that list of BS from that report is out there - the US is using what we used to call "statistical reporting" - what isnt mentioned is that all of those things that are "down" are over different time frames - some a week - some a month - some in comparison to a year ago - some in comparison to a week ago - its an old shell game we used to use for reports when we didnt want the big bosses embarrased - we learned how to play that game well - and I see the military has finally learned it :thumbsup:

What makes a big difference is what a sustained report looks like compared to a year or 2 years ago - and unfortunately every one of those numbers is up - actually August has been one of the worst months for US soldiers killed (of course the statistic they used was "in battle" which doesnt count snipers, IEDs etc)

And the USA is losing - get over it

[Bill]

Hoorah!

I love this war!

The best thing that has happened to this country in 62 years.