CIA station chief report on Iraq looks bad, Kool-Aid drinkers say black is white

The report was the result of a one year tour of duty in Iraq by the CIA station chief. Not surprisingly, newcomer Negroponte has filed a written dissent with the report, preferring a rosier, cheerleader-type report as we've all come to know and love over the past four years. Even the ranking US military commander in Iraq failed to take issue with the report...when it was initially released. Also not surprisingly, he may now be voicing objections after further review, or whatever they're calling come-to-Jesus meetings these days.

As we are getting used to scenarios like this, the CIA station chief was highly regarded and well respected so we can all brace ourselves for the ever-popular smear campaign that is now standard whenever anyone delivers a message that fails to fit with the neatly wrapped message of the Kool-Aid drinkers.