Posted on 09/07/2013 1:34:55 PM PDT by jimbo123
Retired Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, former CIA director under President Barack Obama, called strongly Saturday for Congress to back the White House on Syria, declaring that military action against the regime is “necessary” to deter “Iran, North Korea and other would-be aggressors.”
“Failure of Congress to approve the president’s request would have serious ramifications not just in the Mideast but around the world,” Petraeus said in a four-sentence statement provided to POLITICO.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Yes, but he has lost his credibility now.
I have always thought of Petreus as a Dem. Atkinson was embedded with him early in the Itaq invasion and I got the impression that they were both Dems and pretty negative about the Bush policies.
Who’s the tomato with the microphone in that picture?
So he wants to pimp out US forces to help out the jihadis in Syria? War is a racket.
No. Apparently he is not.
That's what we've been doing since 1991.
Wall Street Journal piece does not report the whole tale.
Here is what actually happened and was said.
I guess the “Rockefeller Republican” is “all in” for the war to help Al-Queda.
This thread needs a “Barf Alert.”
And how many of them are going to put up planes, pilots and missiles? For that matter, how many of them have been aided in their decision by offers and nudges involving US dollars and other assistance? I don't trust Obama one inch and he has decided he needs a war now for his own purposes, not what is good for the US.
They don’t call him General Betrayus for nothing....
The comments on politico are as supportive as they are here!!! LOL
The only wise thing to do is to allow them to continue to kill each other.
The enemy of your enemy is not your friend, sometimes they are convenient.
This isn't one of those times.
General, thank you for your service. Your reputation is known by all.
It is now time for you to take your pension check and go sip something cold on the back deck of your vacation home.
And when we are warned that by staying out of it we cede influence in the region to Russia and China, I say, let them have it.
As global energy prices stabilize at a level which makes it economical to be self-sufficient, we should our backs on that mess.
“BLACKMAIL. It’s the Obama Way.”
You would think there was nothing left on him.......guess not
Exactly. Russia can’t F it up any worse than we did with that phoney-baloney “Arab Spring” nonsense.
Well-stated and worth repeating. FUDP.
WHO?
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