Somebody's lying, my money's on the Democrat

British Labor Leader, oops he just steals their work, Sen. Joe B. (for boy) Biden, was on President Bush like a hobo (aka bum, aka homeless person) on a ham sandwich for Bush’s assertion that military commanders in Iraq have sufficient forces. Joey B noted that in his own trip at the end of May, every commander wanted more troops. "Not one of them said they had enough troops. Not one," JB told CNN.

Well JB must not have talked to General George Casey. But that’s understandable because as Commanding General, Multinational Force Iraq General Casey probably doesn’t have a handle on what’s going on in Iraq. At a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week General Casey said, “[W]hat I’ve said since my confirmation hearing before you: If I assess I need more troops, I will ask for them. And, before the last election, we did our assessment, saw that we needed more troops and we ask for them – and we got them. And they made a huge difference in the election…We’re reading the situation and we’ll make our assessments. And, if we need more [troops], Senator, we’ll ask for them.” Somebody's lying.

I guess JB was too busy rummaging through old British Labor party speeches to pay attention to what General Casey had to say. CNN too happy that JB was trashing the Commander-in Chief refused to bring up Casey’s testimony before the SASC. But a lot can be determined in the way a question is asked. My fire support instructor back in Quantico, VA said, “You ask for every fire support asset the division has and hope you get a section of company mortars.” So if JB asks the LT, “Hey would like to have more troops? The answer will invariably be, “Sure, why not?” If you want the truth you might ask, “Do have enough troops to accomplish your assigned mission?” The answer might be yes as well. But that second “yes” will never make the network news.

A recent CNN poll asked “Should America stay in Iraq indefinitely, or set a timetable for withdrawal?” Who in their right mind votes for “indefinitely”? What a dopey question the corollary to which would be, “Should America turn tail, cut and run from Iraq or win?” Believe none of what you hear and only half of what see unless it’s on CNN, then you must revert back to none.