Patraeus lied to us and to Congress

Over the last 7 years we've been shocked so many times by the lies in Washington that another set of lies is no longer big news. However, Democrats continue to face reality even when the White House hires another liar.

General Patraeus appeared before Congress and the world in September. In his Congressional testimony, Patraeus and the administration cited 'economic progress' in Iraq as evidence of the 'surge' working as planned.

Now the truth comes forward.

At the time of the testimony, few official Iraqi figures for 2007 were available. Yet General Petraeus and Mr. Crocker, the American Ambassador to Iraq went to Congress with 'good news' that couldn't be backed up with hard numbers.

At the time of testimony, Bush et al said Iraq had $10 billion in oil revenues to spend on reconstruction. And, Bush et al said Iraq had spent $2.4 billion on reconstruction by July, 2007.
In reality, Iraq has only spent $440 million on reconstruction in 2007. That's less than Iraq spent in 2006. By comparison, U.S. taxpayers have spent over $40 billion on reconstruction in Iraq. The GOP has created a 'culture of dependency' in the new and improved Iraq.

Has your Congressman or Congresswoman used these lies about progress in re-election campaigns? Now that you know the truth, will you finally vote for reality in Washington?

Details and the full story, including the no comments from the White House press office and the American embassy in Baghdad.

In my opinion, it's time to stop financing the war in Iraq as well as any politician campaigning on support for administration policy.