So, this big awesome report from Petraeus, that we've been waiting for like it's freakin' Godot before we can begin to think at all about Iraq? Yeah -- a) he's not writing it, and b) you're probably not going to read it.
a) From the LA Times -- 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.
b) From the Washington Post -- Senior congressional aides said [Wednesday] that the White House has proposed limiting the much-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill next month of Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker to a private congressional briefing, suggesting instead that the Bush administration's progress report on the Iraq war should be delivered to Congress by the secretaries of state and defense.
I assume, Constant Reader, you're on my side here about how awesome it is that this consistent, morally unimpeachable (ha! Can we try, anyway? Please??) White House is actually writing the report that will dictate our future progress in Iraq (hint: stay the course). Whew! I was worried we might actually get some information here.
Just kidding -- that thought never crossed my mind.
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