Maybe Some Communication Would Be In Order

So Veep Cheney last week in response to a question about the public's growing discontent with the Iraq war wanted to assure America that this whole mess was almost over, "the insurgency is in its last throes", he proclaimed. Whew, I mean I was really worried things were stalled, but if Cheney says not to worry then I can sleep better tonight. Wait...what's that, the top military Commanders were in front of Congress today to give their take. Read here. They say not only is the insurgency still strong but that and I'm quoting "their strength remains undiminished and there are actually more foreign fighters coming into Iraq today then there were six months ago". So I'm confused now, are the White House and the Commanders in Iraq not communitcating, we do have phones and radios and the internet and technology like that right? They have to be talking right? I mean how are those two statements so contradictory, Cheney wouldn't just pull something out of his ass based on no facts like "the insurgency is in its last throes" just to quiet the rumble would he? I'll let you be the judge of that. Top military officials have not been very quiet about contradicting the Vice President's statements either. Are we seeing a rift between the White House and the military? Are our commanders getting tired of the rosey optimism back here in the states when what they really need is more money, more troops, more actual success, not the make believe kind.