Unless you’ve been asleep you know what the Democrat’s plan for next week when General Patraeus and Amb. Crocker give their report on the surge to congress, a big fat raspberry.

In the last two weeks we’ve been reading about all these “qasi” reports from the GAO, and other democrat fueled sources that the surge isn’t working, that Iraq is a mess and we should get out while we can. I’ve told you that there is no reason for them to have commissioned these so-called reports unless they flat off don’t trust Patreaus and Crocker. Yet instead of having the intestinal fortitude to say so they’ve been playing this game of “just to be sure”. Well now it looks like they’ve finally decided to come clean.

The Washington Times today tells us:

“Congressional Democrats are trying to undermine U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus’ credibility before he delivers a report on the Iraq war next week, saying the general is a mouthpiece for President Bush and his findings can’t be trusted.

“The Bush report?” Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin said when asked about the upcoming report from Gen. Petraeus, U.S. commander in Iraq.

“We know what is going to be in it. It’s clear. I think the president’s trip over to Iraq makes it very obvious,” the Illinois Democrat said. “I expect the Bush report to say, ‘The surge is working. Let’s have more of the same.’ ”

The top Democrats ‚Äî Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California ‚Äî also referred to the general’s briefing as the “Bush report.”

Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Gen. Petraeus’ report was potentially compromised by the White House’s involvement in drafting it.

“If the same people who were so wrong about this war from the start are writing substantial portions of this report, that raises credibility questions,” he said.”

The only “credibility problem” is with the democrats themselves. Just four months ago they were saying wait until after the Patraus/Crocker report. Then when it appeared that significant progress had been made they began to change gears and attack the messenger.

But you know, I’m actually welcoming the upcoming “show their ass” circus. I want them to begin to belittle General Patraus and Crocker before the American people, calling them in effect “liars”, because they won’t be able to do so without slandering the very troops in combat that they say they support.

We’ve already seen this with Senator Chucky Cheese Schumer when on the Senate floor he basically told the American people that the troops in Anbar had nothing to do with the success there.

All this is going to backfire bad, just as it did in Vietnam and the aftermath. The “soft on defense” “weak on terror” lable will simply continue sticking and in fact may become bronzed after September.