[Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XVII: "Pre-Surge Troop Levels"

[Saundra Lund]

The Atlantic

The Daily Dish

Andrew Sullivan

19 Oct 2008 05:14 pm

 

The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XVII: "Pre-Surge Troop Levels"

 

Sarah Palin has repeated
<http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/03/palin-presurge-numbers/>  the fact that
troop levels in Iraq are now back to pre-surge levels. This is not true. It
is so untrue that even Fox News' Carl Cameron had to concede on camera that
this was "arguably mathematically not the case." The only problem with that
statement is the word  <http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5942414> "arguably:"

The Alaska governor is wrong because the number of troops on the ground is
still higher and the number of combat brigades is the same as at the start
of the surge in January 2007, according to Pentagon figures. Iraq troop
levels before the surge were at 133,500. While U.S. troop levels in Iraq
have been in the 142,000 range recently, today they are at around 150,000
because of an ongoing troop rotation. 

 

Cameron noted that Palin acknowledged "mistatements" but would not retract
or apologize for any. So far, I have seventeen undeniable factual untruths
from Palin that she refuses to retract.

And they say this would not be Bush's third term?

 

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-odd-lies--3
.html

 

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