Real report from Iraq

Earlier this year Congressional Republicans broke the news to President Bush that there must be real progress in Iraq if Congress is to continue funding the war – and word of that progress had to come from someone other than the president, as he has no credibility left.

A plan was put into motion that General Petraeus would implement Bush’s surge plan and then report back to Congress in September. Republicans and many Democrats went along with this; at least there would be some objective statement from the military on progress in Iraq.

Now we learn two important facts that expose any pretense...