Iraq report card: only 3 of 18 benchmarks met.

babylonsister

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:44 PM
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Iraq report card: only 3 of 18 benchmarks met.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/24/iraq-report-card-only-3-of-18-benchmarks-met/

Iraq report card: only 3 of 18 benchmarks met.

On the one year anniversary of President Bush’s State of the Union address justifying his “New Way Forward” in Iraq, Center for American Progress has compiled an “Iraq Benchmark Report Card” showing that “the surge has failed to meet its objectives” as “the Iraqi government has only met three of the 18 benchmarks laid out last year.”

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EFerrari

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:45 PM
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1. I was assured by her senior staffer here that Bush would hang

on his own failed benchmarks.

I guess they didn't plan for that whole "hanging" part. :mad:

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bluestateguy

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:46 PM
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2. In school, that's what we would call an F

And under the No Child Left Behind Law, funding for the Iraq War must now be cut.

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gratuitous

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:48 PM
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3. 3 out of 18? What a coincidence

That's just the score Young George had on his TANG flight school application! Let freedom reign, baby.

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yellowcanine

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:49 PM
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4. That's 16% higher than success rate in finding WMDs. What more do you want?

We are talking about Bush standards of excellence here, you know.

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RiverStone

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:53 PM
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5. Can someone remind him to mention that during his SOTU address?...n/t

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Botany

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Thu Jan-24-08 03:58 PM
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6. that is 16.7% 3/18 = .166667

he got a 25% on his TANG score card.

3. Skipped Officer Candidate School and got a special commission as 2nd Lt.
As soon as Bush completed basic training, his commander approved him for a "direct appointment", which made him an officer without having to go through the usual (and difficult) Officer Candidate School. This special procedure also got Bush into flight school, despite his very low scores on aptitude tests -- he scored 25% on a pilot aptitude test, the absolute lowest acceptable grade, and 50% for navigator aptitude. (Bush did score 95% on the easier officer quality test, but then again the average is 88%).

http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm

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