August 15, 2007 (LPAC) -- On hearing that the White House is the actual author of a report on Iraq being drafted by Gen. David Petraeus, Lyndon LaRouche said: "Then just call him General Patsy. He's there to carry the blame."

General Petraeus, the commander of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, is scheduled to give an independent report on the Iraq war situation next month, which will be used by the Congress to evaluate the effect of the "surge" deployment the they okayed earlier.

However, according to today's Los Angeles Times, the White House is either leaking a report which General Petraeus has already prepared, or it is writing the report itself, to forestall the possibility of the general recommending a partial, or major troop withdrawal from Iraq.

The White House-floated report claims that General Petraeus, who ostensibly "has been keeping a close hold on the recommendations he intends to deliver next month," is not going to recommend any troop withdrawal, but a mere shuffling of forces from one area to another.

This, in fact, is exactly what the White House wants the general to write.