Mystery dance

Indeed, we are spectators to a strange, mysterious dance. The Petraeus report, which General Petraeus didn’t actually write, is about to be published. The report, in which no believes, is being treated as the centerpiece of news about the Iraq war. The timing, to remind people about the 9/11 attacks, will instead underline how Iraq has distracted from the real job of counterterrorism. Once we’ve given the general’s testimony and his non-report a great deal of attention, almost nothing will change--at least, not because of the report.

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[Antiquated Tory]

FWIW, Col. Lang was favorably impressed overall with Petreaus' presentation, and his BS detector is pretty sensitive. See http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2007/09/petraeus-and-cr.html