Today General Patraeus is scheduled to begin his report on The Surge. Mr. Peters, columnist for the New York Post and retired Lt. Colonel, Army Intelligence, predicts congress' behavior:
Minds are already made up. Senators and activists will listen only for a "Gotcha!" opportunity. Staffers have already formulated the sound bites and written the statements denouncing any progress in Iraq as meaningless. ...
His reward for leading our troops from one success to another in a conflict that verged on failure only last autumn? Calumny. Accusations that he's a stooge of the administration...
Of course, pols like Sen. Schumer don't want to understand what's happening. They just want to convince you that Iraq's hopeless. They'd rather hand al Qaeda a victory than risk Republican gains.
And these legislators criticize Iraq's parliamentarians...
In response, the Dems will concentrate on unreached - but increasingly irrelevant - benchmarks they themselves concocted. They'll shut their ears against all positive news. And they'll twist what they can't deny.
Gen. Petraeus deserves better. Our troops deserve better. And you, my fellow citizens, deserve better.
Let's come back to this column next week and see how Peters scored.
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