Petraeus' Call for a Pause is Really Just "Stay the Course 2.0" (Huffpo)

[kpete]

Arianna Huffington:


Petraeus' Call for a Pause is Really Just "Stay the Course 2.0"
Posted April 7, 2008 | 01:10 PM (EST)


Have you heard the news? "The Surge" is about to end. The next phase of our 100 Year War is "The Pause." Surge, Pause... Surge, Pause... We can't pull out! It's all starting to sound a bit sexual, isn't it? But the American people are the ones getting screwed.

According to the New York Times, when General Petraeus testifies in front of Congress this week, he's going to recommend that come July there should be a pause in troop withdrawals. By then, the nearly 20,000 troops still devoted to the "surge" will have returned home, leaving roughly 140,000 still in Iraq. In other words, the Bush administration is going to leave office with around the same troop levels in Iraq as we've had over the past five years.

So lest Congress get any crazy ideas about honoring the wishes of the majority of Americans and start bringing the rest of our troops home, the administration is going to run out the clock hiding behind the idea of a "pause."

I put it in quotes because what they're proposing isn't actually a pause -- in fact, it's precisely the opposite of a pause. What they really mean is a continuation. But since "stay the course" was 12 slogans ago, they had to come up with a new one.

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/petraeus-call-for-a-pause_b_95449.html

[bdamomma]

1. staying in until Dec. 2008, it just never stops.

listening to C Span with Crocker and Betrayus.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. He just said wait until July ....... at the hearing

for the next wait and see hearing.

[goclark]

3. Crystal Ball ~ They will have the "Pause" before the election

And they will declare "a victory."

McCain will claim the victory and be sweeped into office .

America will not be that stupid to believe that ~ please America.