It was completed and released to Centcom last November but was witheld from public release because its finding that extending tours led to greater abuses of human rights and military law might have interfered with Bush’s push for a “surge.

Michael,

My question is - why did Petreaus wait until there was a public outcry before saying or doing anything? He had to have known about the Pentagon report since November. What does that say about his belief in his own words?

Regards, C

Now if you poll soldiers in combat they are going to give some pretty tough answers. You go into self preservation mode when in a combat situation.

Of course the answers were going to be along the lines of what was divulged. Every soldier in the history of Freakin soldiering would have answered along the same lines.

This was known, a given. Yet the poll is somehow being treated as hallow ground. In indictment of our troops and as a result the General of the troops on the ground must now give a response saying we don’t believe this way, when in fact EVERY FREAKIN ARMY to ever fight a war

BELIEVES EXACTLY THIS. It is precisely why you have WAR CRIMES in WARS.

When soldiers watch their buddies die. When bullets are flying, when the shit hits the fan you react………you do not whoop out your politically correct field manual and thumb thru it hastily attempting to come up with a proper response.

To hell with the press. They knew what the answers would be. This is the worst case of agenda driven journalism I have ever seen in my Life.

Now we have more to add to the politically correct field manual on how to fight a war, wage a war and defend yourself on the BATTLEFIELD.

I really can’t think of a rational thing to say.

This is just the most absurd, stupid, idiotic agenda driven waste of time the world of journalism has ever embarked upon. What do they think these soldiers are going to answer when they are in a WAR.

PEACE