Comments on: The Conditions Of Petraeus' Iraq Report

Schieffer: We've Been Waiting For The General's Take On The War, But Now The White House Is Hedging

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[tbweb]

Bob Schieffer tried to retire a while back but he was asked to stay on and accepted. There is a certain power in that, Bob can speak the truth with vigor, say what he thinks and could care less who has a problem with it and he''s been doing just that! I hope I''m that sharp when I reach Bob''s age, no one can argue that Bob is not on his "A" Game! Go Bob! No more rabbit trails for him!

[burneb]

So the White House won''t even bother to wire Petraeus up to say what he knows or suspects is B.S. -- just like they did to Colin Powell at the UN. They''re just going to write what they want and say it''s based on Petraeus''s report (which will of course be too sensitive for us mere taxpayer/citizen mortals to hear directly).

This is an administration that has to cheat even when the game is already rigged.

[cfin5]

Mr. Schieffer''s article makes a fair and accurate point. There has been a few too many quiet "back room" activities going on for my taste. I hope the article is wrong, but I doubt it. All I can say is I don''t really know who to trust in government anymore. I will say this though, I''m learning to watch deeds far more than I listen to words......Good article Bob!

[formrusmcsgt]

Posted by rushlimpdrug at 07:51 PM : Aug 19, 2007
And Bill O''''''''Reilly and Geraldo Rivera do, I suppose?
PUHLEASE!
Posted by formrusmcsgt

At this point, I don''''t know anyone that does.

Posted by rushlimpdrug at 08:53 PM : Aug 19, 2007

From my perspective, the very least likely would be Rupert Murdoch''s employees.

If you really want solid reporting, why do you take Schieffer to task for condemning the White House''s "spinning" of his report?

[rushlimpdrug]

Posted by rushlimpdrug at 07:51 PM : Aug 19, 2007
And Bill O''''Reilly and Geraldo Rivera do, I suppose?
PUHLEASE!
Posted by formrusmcsgt

At this point, I don''t know anyone that does.

[goldesprit]

General David Petraeus needs to really stand out in History (capital H) and demand publiclly to voice the opinions that he agreed with his Commander in Chief -- and OUR President, they together owed (and still owe) to the American people--and the world.

Let the General make or fail to make his point--and lets watch to see if he is blinking in code like a POW --Because Bush certainly does not want him to speak freely (or Frankly...).

[formrusmcsgt]

Truly bob has been part of the journalistic problem - they don''''t have enough fortitude to dig for an answer to the questions that need answering.

Posted by rushlimpdrug at 07:51 PM : Aug 19, 2007

And Bill O''Reilly and Geraldo Rivera do, I suppose?

PUHLEASE!

[rushlimpdrug]

riteaidbob
Don''''t forget that was Lyndon Johnson. Don''''t forget Clinton and Chirac got 800,000 Ruwandans killed, at the same time Chirac was still selling weapons to one of the factions in Ruwanda. Clinton bombed Yugoslavia without the UN''''s permission

Ok idiots you got that off your chest (or perhaps breasts) now after SEVEN years of bush start making excuses for him. People like yourselves are pathetic.
Banging a drum yelling "CLINTON" shows your lack of brains.
Truly bob has been part of the journalistic problem - they don''t have enough fortitude to dig for an answer to the questions that need answering.

[formrusmcsgt]

Last I heard it was the DEMOCRATS that wanted this report given behind closed doors...NOT the white house.
Posted by riteaidbob at 06:56 PM : Aug 19, 2007

RRRiiiggghhhtttt. And the Dems wanted the White House to write the report as well as opposed to hearing directly from Petreaus.

PUHLEASE!

[jimfinster]

Biased reporting at it''''s finest. Bob is a front man "hack" for the DNC and completely BDS infected.
Posted by riteaidbob at 06:52 PM : Aug 19, 2007

Instead of attacking Mr. Schieffer, explain what is wrong with his facts. Seems to me he is dead on the money.

[formrusmcsgt]

"And, suddenly we''re told the general won''t actually write the report but that his thoughts will be incorporated in a summary prepared by the White House."

The lies never stop with the people.

Maybe because they just can''t tell the truth.

[catt42701]

Just what does anyone expect. Bush and buds have been anything but open about what they do and when they do it. The General has something to say that Bush and buds don''t want the public to hear so we won''t hear it. Nothing new. The most backwards, secritive, criminal administration in history I think and I''ve read a lot about the various presidents, good and bad. This one isn''s worth jack s**t.

[goldesprit]

Bob Schieffer is absolutely correct, of course.

General David Petraeus needs to really stand out in History (capital H) and demand publiclly to voice the opinions that he agreed with his Commander in Chief -- and OUR President, they together owed (and still owe) to the American people--and the world.

Let the General make or fail to make his point--after all, he is supposed to be a top notch world class strategy expert, so he should at least be able to top our semi-illetrate President in the live speach catagory.

Can''t he speak without being a sock puppet for George??? HOW ABOUT IT "GENERAL"???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? ? ?

[nativewoman]

Sounds to me like Bob Schieffer finally remembered that it is the job of the serious journalist to dig deeper and find out the truth of the matter and to ask the hard questions.

Perhaps if our journalists had been doing their job the last few years instead of fawning over every word uttered by this administration we would not be in this mess.

Well perhaps this "better late than never" stance provides hope for the future.

[imnho]

The fact that they feel that they have to edit the generals report smacks of some serious spin. It seems that the politcal settlement that the surge was supose to produce is not happenning. There seems to be no way to get from here to there.

Bush is out of touch and the surge is nearly out of time.

Its time to get the hell on out of dodge!

[stl-mo-usa]

Sounds like we are going to KEEP waiting for the Generals report directly to the people. We are just going to get some more of Bush''s B.S. Bottom line, it will be turned into whatever kind of *** the politicans want to dish out to the American people again.

I hope the American people have the "courage" to "clean house" & elect the man that will bring America & its government back to the people this next election . He''s our only hope for real change at this point.

[mcvet]

A Democratic controlled Congress authorized Bush to make the report from Petraus back to Congress in September the format is the President''''s choosing. Bush has said Petraus will give public testimony, Leakey Leighey of Vermont would make it all public anyway.
Schieffer, Rather, Jennings, Brokaw, Russert, Stephanopolis....etc, the Democratic Party news section are what has made AM talk radio so succesfull. Schieffer is just a Democratic HACK
Posted by jowand at 03:59 PM : Aug 19, 2007

Man you have GOT to take off a couple of those Swastika''s. This One Party Rule, Dictatorship, Fantasy you have got going on isn''t healthy... besides it makes you look completely STUPID. Schieffer is just a Democratic Hack? What planet are you on there Sparky? ROFLMAO Isn''t it time to take off the foil and join the rest of us here in a reality check. The Words of Your Fuhrer speak for themselves, Schieffer only repeats the lies told. Now why would you stand for a President who LIES like Bush does. Sieg Heil Bush!!

[itchyb-2009]

The Clinton administration provided enough warning to the incoming administration for someone, somewhere to have taken a look. Unfortunately, I doubt if a. they did b. it would have mattered. I can only posit that the secret Cheney/Oil company discussions in all likelihood discussed the need for more oil for our profiteers, and where to get it...hmmm. Iraq sounds like a good idea. Cheney ran with it, and we got the categoric lies that gave Bush the unilatteral decision to take out Saddam. Do we forget the Gulf of Tonkin incident and resolution. Guess what. As many of us who were against that dangerous and misguided war (and it WAS a democrat, dearest neocons). So McNammara finally proved out what many uspected all along, it was a bogus lie formulated to give the US an excuse to go into Vietnam. Didn''t learn from the French, didn''t matter. So 30 or 40 years down the road the truth will be unsealed, and lo and behold, too late to save our troops and the innocent civilians of Iraq, that it was another example of our war profiteers cooking the books. Too late to impeach, but plenty of time to beat the repubs like a rented mule in the 2008 elections. This whold debacle sickens me.

[zorlacskates]

blah, blah, blah, it''s all clinton''s fault. 7 years out of office, and it''s still all about clinton. lame.