I have had Brian Katulis from the Center for American Progress on my radio show on a number of occasions.  He's a great guest.  On this video, Brian does an outstanding job of Hardball style debate against some Right Wing talking point.  Brian introduces some new information to me.  I didn't know that shopkeepers were being paid to open their shops for the photo-ops.

Chris Matthews asks the stupid question on well we get the truth from Petraeus and the White House.  My answer is why?  They haven't told us the truth yet.  Why would they change course now.   We will get small pieces of truth wrapped in the big lie that life is really a Disney movie in Iraq like Song of the South!