A majority of Americans don't trust the upcoming report by the Army's top commander in Iraq on the progress of the war and even if they did, it wouldn't change their mind, according to a new poll.
President Bush frequently has asked Congress -- and the American people -- to withhold judgment on his so-called troop surge in Iraq until Gen. David Petraeus, the commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, issue their progress report in September.
But according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday, 53 percent of people polled said they suspect that the military assessment of the situation will try to make it sound better than it actually is. Forty-three percent said they do trust the report.
In my opinion those 43 percent are going to have a hard time reconciling their blind support with the realities of what is about to happen when Congress starts questioning Petraeus about his report.
I think part of the intrigue of this is seeing how long Petraeus can stick to the administrations talking points before he just cannot stand it anymore and tells them that it is a hellhole and we need to get the hell out as soon as possible.
And we will know he is saying this when he uses the term "Executive Privilege".
Unfortunately it doesn't matter one whit what Americans think. The Bush team is gearing up for the next stop on the Bush World Tour: Iran.
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