Fall Follies
by digby
Not that anyone ever seriously thought otherwise, but this is the first time I've seen it in print. Remember it when Bush drones on about how he's just following the General's recommendations:
Despite Bush's repeated statements that the report will reflect evaluations by Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, administration officials said it would actually be written by the White House, with inputs from officials throughout the government.
And though Petraeus and Crocker will present their recommendations on Capitol Hill, legislation passed by Congress leaves it to the president to decide how to interpret the report's data.
The good thing is that you can trust the bush administration to do the right thing and tell it to the American people straight. Their track record on that is unassailable.
H/t to bb