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The fact that those of us with half a brain already know (and have known) what Petraeus is going to read to Congress about The Great Progress in Iraq, the bigger message to draw from your article is even more disconcerting.
It's obvious The US Congress and Beltway Elite simply do not care what the US citizenry think, want, or demand. We sent them as clear a mandate as possible in November 2006 to end this war and fundamentally change our course, yet look what we've gotten as a result. Absolutely nothing. We are being ignored, brushed aside, and lied to with an audacity that this country has never before seen. Are we so lazy as a citizenry that we are going to roll over yet again on this? How many US deaths will it take? How many lies uncovered will stir action? How much more corruption, scandal, and stolen billions will it take before we drop the doughnuts from our mouths and get our asses off our couches? I don't know what's more disappointing--the enormous lack of leadership and poor judgment in our capital or our citizenry's inaction to it.
