[VerySadAmerican]

It’s kinda’ hard for democrats to promote “nation building” after they accused Bush of doing it.

Panetta could have resigned in protest. The fact that he didn’t tells me he has no cred on the matter.

[odds]

I’ve a theory, Do you (not you, Steelfish) know why the kurds & peshmerga been fighting tooth and nail since IS appeared in iraq? It’s cuz they’re the minority there & they fight for what they Believe is their land. Do you know why the american trained arab-iraqi army put down their guns & abandoned their weapons soon after IS began fighting them? Because their loyalty shifts quite easily & money can go so far & can’t buy loyalty or conviction. Kurds are sunni & been fighting sunni/salafist IS. Not Iraqi-army. This isn’t simply a matter of training or arming a grp.

[melsec]

He’s half right which is easy for a half-wit.

[RginTN]

60 minutes is still around? Wow.

A few years ago I checked the channel listing and they had the most boring subjects...guess they would rather ignore the Obama regime scandals and books by authors critical of this Regime.

[nathanbedford]

Panetta: No, I wasn't. I really thought that it was important for us to maintain a presence in Iraq.

(Pelley:) But the elected Prime Minister, Nouri Al-Maliki didn't want the U.S. force.

This is entirely contrary to the version told by Dick Cheney that I have heard. If Cheney is correct, or even arguably correct, it is outrageous for Pelley to report Obama's version as though it were unarguable fact. Cheney maintains that Obama deliberately promised too few troops in every offer, counter offer negotiation session so that Nouri Al-Maliki would have no practical option but to decline the American offer and so no status of force agreement would be signed, leaving the way clear for Obama to bug out.

This is the crux of the "who lost Iraq" argument. Cheney's version vs. Pelley's version. If Cheney is correct about why no status of force agreement was signed, then Obama's own secretary of defense indicts him.

[nikos1121]

Hey, Leon, your conscience get to you? That’s great, but the US needs heroes not cowards. Had you thought this way why didn’t you rescind?

[WashingtonSource]

Panetta is a day late and a dollar short.

[Wolfie]

Grab a weapon, Leon, and head on back.
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[Vinnie]

Diane Sawyer retired, YEA! Her drippy demeanor drove me crazy.
Scott Pelley, please follow suit.
Cannot stand that guy. Disgusting...and more.
Talks so slow , as.. if.. he.. is.. waiting.. for ..the.. audience.. to.. comprehend .. the.. words.
ARGH !!!

[Rome2000]

You would think the military would get tired of asshole politicians in DC getting them killed for no reason and do something about it.

[what's up]

I’ve been predicting that panetta will make a run for the Presidency.

These comments may be another indication of that.