the latest spin

Tonight, President Bush put his spin on the report given by General Petraeus to Congress earlier this week, and as one might guess it was more of the same. We are gradually "making progress" against the terrorists. This is nothing new coming from the White House that declared "Mission Accomplished" over four years ago. Naturally, we must continue the war, as there is little other choice at this point. What is new, however, concerns the troop levels on the ground. Now that we have enlisted the aid of former Sunni terrorist thugs, who only joined our cause after the Iranian-backed Shiite militias began to beat them back, surely we are now able to reduce our troop levels. Let us now declare "the Surge" a success. The President should be praised, for after four long years "the Decider" listened to his commanders and increased troop levels on the ground. Now that the violence in the country has slowed by a few choice measures, we can begin to bring those troops home. Perhaps in 12 to 18 months we will return to the pre-Surge troop levels, conveniently coinciding with the departure of the current President. Surely, this is cause for celebration.