GENERAL PETRAEUS: GIVE ME JUST SIXTEEN MORE YEARS TO SEE IF THE SURGE IS WORKING
By R J Shulman
WASHINGTON - General Petraeus spoke before Congress today and said that it was still too early to tell if the troop surge is working in Iraq. “It would be a shame for the good work of our brave soldiers to go down the drain because we lacked the patience to see if what they were doing was worth it.” He presented a plan that would continue the troop’s presence in Iraq for sixteen more years before making a decision on withdrawing the troops.

There is some concern of the continued cost of the Iraqi operation. The latest estimate is that it is costing the United States 343 million dollars a day for the operations in Iraq. “We are the greatest nation the free world has ever spit forth,” President Bush said, “sos it would show a real lack of not having ingestinal fortitude if we would let the not spending of a few dollars soil the reputation of our brave mission accomplished troops that we need to show our support to.”