Warner just lied; he claimed he and Levin saw 'measurable success'

[babylonsister]

on their trip to Iraq in August. So what was the stink Warner made after he got home all about? And as for Levin:

Levin: Escalation’s Goals Have ‘Totally And Utterly Failed,’ Begin Withdrawal In Less Than 4 Months

Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently visited Iraq with Sen. John Warner (R-VA) and reported that the escalation is “totally and utterly” failing to produce the political reconciliation needed.

The media is reporting Levin’s comments as validation of Bush’s strategy. Fox News spins Levin’s comments as “praise” for the “surge results.” ABC claims the comments are proof of “success of the surge.”

In fact, in a conference call with reporters this afternoon, Levin conceded that the troop increase has “resulted in some reduced violence in some places in Iraq,” but specifically said the troop increase has not accomplished its stated objective:

{T}he whole purpose of the surge was to reduce violence so that the Iraqi leaders would have the breathing room to reach political settlement. That was the stated purpose of the surge.

Well, that purpose has not been achieved, even though the level of violence has been reduced in a number of areas. The purpose of the surge, by its own terms, was to have the — give the opportunity to the Iraqi leaders to reach some political settlements. They have failed to do that. They have totally and utterly failed.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/20/levin-iraq-return/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. sorry Bab, but he told the truth. He "SAW" measurable succes

Much like the Russian tsars saw beautiful Potemkin villages before the revolution.
With IraqNam, truth is a prescious commodity, easily transformed and changed to suit the needs to the administration.