6 septembre<\/a> :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00abWhen U.S. Comptroller General David Walker finished delivering his rather grim assessment of ongoing violence and lack of political progress in Iraq, he was confronted by an unhappy Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbI just feel uncomfortable listening to reports by the Government Accountability Office about a war effort and about Iraqi benchmarks. It just doesn’t seem to fit, Ros-Lehtinen said. I’m used to reading reports from the GAO about student loan compliance, about Medicare programs. But since when is the GAO qualified to evaluate a war?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbI’m not saying that you’re bean counters, Ros-Lehtinen told Walker, who heads the GAO. She seemed particularly disturbed by Walker’s assessment of what the Iraq war is doing to the U.S. Army. I think that the Army in particular is stressed, stretched, strained, and the current approach is unsustainable with regard to the Army, Walker told the committee.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbI can’t fathom why you are saying to us the Army is stretched too thin. What in the world qualifies you to say that? demanded Ros-Lehtinen, who is the highest-ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbPeople at the Pentagon have said that, Walker replied. Indeed, senior military officials, including Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, have warned for months that the Army will start running short of soldiers. In August, for example, Casey acknowledged that, The demand for our forces exceeds the sustainable supply.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbThis is not new, Walker assured Ros-Lehtinen.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbThank you, she replied. But she pressed on.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbI just can’t imagine at one point during World War II, if we would have gotten a report from the General Accountability Office about whether we’re meeting the benchmarks on D-Day, and what effect such a report would have had on public morale, she said. I worry that [the GAO’s report] seems to be having a lot of credibility that I think is unwarranted with the American public, she said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbRep. Gene Green, D-Texas, reminded Ros-Lehtinen it was Congress that ordered the GAO to evaluate military and political progress in Iraq. You’re attacking the messenger instead of the message, he told her.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\tCurieux dialogue, \u00e9trange dialogue. Le Congr\u00e8s a demand\u00e9 \u00e0 Walker et \u00e0 son GAO de faire un rapport sur la situation en Irak pour pouvoir comparer avec ce que va nous en dire Petraeus. Walker vient avec son rapport qui n’est pas gai. Ros-Lehtinen s’\u00e9tonne : de quoi se m\u00eale le GAO? Qu’est-ce qui lui donne le droit de juger de l’\u00e9tat de la guerre, de l’\u00e9tat de l’U.S. Army ? Pourquoi le GAO s’est-il permis de faire un rapport l\u00e0-dessus? (On lui rappellera tout de m\u00eame que c’est le Congr\u00e8s qui a demad\u00e9 au GAO de donner son avisso what?<\/em>) Mais entre temps, on s’est aper\u00e7u de ce que Ros-Lehtinen a vraiment en t\u00eate avec sa remarque sur le D-Day<\/em> : de quoi aurait-on eu l’air si, le 6 juin 1944, on avait brandi un rapport du GAO disant que les objectifs politiques pour ce jour-l\u00e0 n’aurait pas \u00e9t\u00e9 atteint, vous vous rendez compte? Quel effet un tel rapport aurait-il eu sur le moral du public? C’est indubitable, mon cher Watson : lorsqu’on d\u00e9barque le 6 juin 1944 sur les plages irakiennes, on doit penser au moral du public.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\tConclusion : 1) Ce qui se passe en Irak aujourd’hui est \u00e9quivalent au d\u00e9barquement en Irak, le 6 juin 1944. 2) Dans ce cas, lorsqu’on vous a demand\u00e9 un rapport sur la situation militaire et politique en Irak, vous auriez d\u00fb comprendre qu’on vous demandait un rapport qui convienne bien au moral du public le 6 juin 1944, lors du d\u00e9barquement sur les plages irakiennes, c’est-\u00e0-dire un rapport qui lui dise que tout va tr\u00e8s bien. 3) D’ailleurs, qu’est-ce qui vous autorise \u00e0 faire un rapport sur la guerre? Vous n’y connaissez rien puisque vous dites que tout ne va pas bien. Le 6 juin 1944, tout s’est bien pass\u00e9 en Irak, non? 4). Et puis d’ailleurs, pourquoi avez-vous fait ce rapport? Ce n’est pas parce que le Congr\u00e8s vous l’a demand\u00e9 que vous devez le faire. 5). Nous allons demander un rapport sur les activit\u00e9s du GAO le 6 juin 1944, sur les plages irakiennes. 6). Point barre.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\tMis en ligne le 7 septembre 2007 \u00e0 11H22<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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