Rove to Generals: "Nice Army you've got 'ear. Shame if something 'appened to it"

Like something out of a Python skit, the Bush Administration forces "happy talk" out of its chosen 4-star warriors:

The two top U.S. commanders in charge of the Iraq war, appearing separately on a total of four network talk shows Sunday, amended more sobering statements they had made to Congress and reporters last week.
Gen. George W. Casey Jr., who oversees U.S. forces in Iraq, and Gen. John P. Abizaid, who leads the U.S. Central Command, stressed the military and political progress being made in Iraq.

"There are peaks and valleys that you go through, but overall the trend is good," Abizaid told NBC's "Meet the Press." "We're certainly confident."
The training of Iraqi security forces is "very much on track," Casey told ABC's "This Week."

For a paraphrase of Rove's talk with the Brass go here.