Burned one to many times

CNN is reporting that their new poll shows a majority of Americans do not trust the upcoming Iraq progress report.

CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said he doesn't think the mistrust is directed at Petreaus as much as it is what he represents.

Holland said, "I suspect most people are hearing the words 'general' and 'Iraq' and that's what they're basing their opinion on."

He added, "It does seem to indicate that anyone associated with the Bush administration may be a less than credible messenger for the message that there is progress being made in Iraq."

That sums up the situation pretty well I think. Americans, by and large, have had it with these rosy forecasts in the face Baghdad’s chaos and the faltering al-Maliki government. We're just not buying it any more.