OK well let's revisit what we told about the surge back in January. The Administration tells us we are going to double down, that we have defined 18 or benchmarks that must be met by the Iraqi's in order for our continued support. So they've been saying, wait till September and rate the surge on the progress of said benchmarks.
Fast forward to the present day, Snowjob gets on the podium yesterday and declares that the benchmarks were invented by Congress and are essentially meaningless and that we need to look at the larger picture.
Synopsis:
1. We are setting benchmarks, grade us in September and shut up till then.
2. September rolls around, 3/18 benchmarks have been completed.
3. Benchmarks are meaningless and invented by Congress to trap us, shut up.
This is a game that most of us aren't willing to play anymore.
There were quite a few diehard supporters of the war here who said this was pretty much it for them and if the surge didn't work then they were willing to admit that it's time to get out.
Well the surge hasn't worked based on the metrics that the Administration asked to be judged on, so now what, we wait another 6 month Friedman unit? We've been asked to do this like 6 times already.
Fast forward to the present day, Snowjob gets on the podium yesterday and declares that the benchmarks were invented by Congress and are essentially meaningless and that we need to look at the larger picture.
Synopsis:
1. We are setting benchmarks, grade us in September and shut up till then.
2. September rolls around, 3/18 benchmarks have been completed.
3. Benchmarks are meaningless and invented by Congress to trap us, shut up.
This is a game that most of us aren't willing to play anymore.
There were quite a few diehard supporters of the war here who said this was pretty much it for them and if the surge didn't work then they were willing to admit that it's time to get out.
Well the surge hasn't worked based on the metrics that the Administration asked to be judged on, so now what, we wait another 6 month Friedman unit? We've been asked to do this like 6 times already.