Posted on 06/23/2010 11:42:55 AM PDT by Michael Eden
General David Petraeus earned the legitimate title of "hero" for his incredible work in leading the surge-based turnaround in Iraq.
A work that Democrats did everything they possibly could to undermine and destroy.
When General Petraeus came to Washington to appear before Congress to defend the progress he'd made in Iraq, the leftist MoveOn.org greeted him with the title, "General Betray Us," which ran at a vastly discounted rate by fellow liberal attack dog The New York Slimes.
Hillary Clinton told General Petraeus that his progress report on Iraq required "a willing suspension of disbelief," all but calling Petraeus a liar.
And, of course, how did Barack Hussein analyze the Iraq strategy that Petraeus championed?
“I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there,” he told MSNBC. “In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”What did Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have to say about General David Petraeus' competence to turn around a difficult situation in Iraq?
"Now I believe myself … that this war is lost, and that the surge is not accomplishing anything"Obama spent his entire seven minutes at the Petraeus hearing whining about how awful everything Petraeus was doing was, in basic agreement with Harry Reid's words of surrender:
It is to suggest that if the American people and the Congress had understood then that after devoting $1 trillion, which is what this thing optimistically will end up having cost, thousands of American lives, the creation of an environment in which Al Qaida in Iraq could operate because it didn’t exist prior to our invasion, that we have increased terrorist recruitment around the world, that Iran has been strengthened, that bin Laden and Al Qaida are stronger than at any time since 2001, and that the process of Iraqi reconstruction and their standard of living would continue to be lower than it was pre- invasion, that if that had been the deal, I think most people would have said that’s a bad deal, that does not make sense, that does not serve the United States’ strategic interests.I mean, Petraeus didn't accomplish anything in Iraq, and actually added to the needless violence, according to now-President Barry Hussein; he's a flat-out dishonest liar, according to now-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; we actually lost the Iraq War during Petraeus' leadership, according to Harry Reid; and he betrayed this country, according to the leftwing machine that largely got this administration elected. And now this same general is all of a sudden the go-to-guy for these very same Democrats? I mean, excuse me?And so I think that some of the frustration you hear from some of the questioners is that we have now set the bar so low that modest improvement in what was a completely chaotic situation, to the point where now we just have the levels of intolerable violence that existed in June of 2006 is considered success, and it’s not.
History has proven that it was Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the entire liberal establishment who demagogued and demonized the Iraq War, who were the liars. The surge strategy and the Iraq war that General David Petraues led was such a monumental success that Joe Biden (rather appropriately nicknamed Joe "Bite Me" by General Stanley McChyrstal's staff) tried to claim credit for it, saying:
[Iraq] “could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You’re going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You’re going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.”
Democrats never admit how terribly wrong and in fact shockingly immoral they were when they did everything they possibly could to undermine General Petraeus and the Iraq War. But that doesn't mean they won't cynically and hypocritically take credit for both Iraq and Petraeus now. That's just the kind of weasels Democrats are.
All I'm doing here is pointing out that by the twisted, vile, hypocritical, loathsome standards by which Democrats evaluated General Petraues, there is no way they should confirm him now.
They should find someone like the Pied Piper of fairy tale lore and confirm him instead.
And if Democrats do in fact now vote to confirm the man they attacked, it will be an open acknowledgment that they were rabid little treasonous vermin back in 2007.
Perhaps it’s just a temporary position until 0 gets a “weather report”. Which way is the wind blowing in the next few days, how many stories can the WH plant to test the system, etc.
Why would Petreaus even want this after the way the rats treated him.
He should accept and than announce his retirement a week later.
That’s my question. Among other things, it amounts to accepting a demotion.
The only possible answer is that he is a man of rare honor and willingness to sacrifice for his country.
Petraeus rightly and legitimately came out of Iraq a hero.
It is very doubtful that - under the presidency of the Loser-in-Chief - he will walk out of Afghanistan anything other than frustrated and embittered.
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That would have a huge political impact, depending on the words he attached to his resignation, but I don't see Petraeus as that type. He may hold an anti-American socialist in contempt, but it's a big step from there to a staged PR stunt to embarrass a man who occupies our White House.
One things for certain. This appointment and the subsequent confirmation hearings are going to make the Democrats look like the idiots they are.
“The only possible answer is that he is a man of rare honor and willingness to sacrifice for his country.”
Pfffft. Fighting in Afghanistan or Iraq under this President is NOT sacrificing for our country. It’s a PR suicide mission to mask the fact the our CIC wants our country to be defeated.
A true sacrifice would be for all officers to resign, walk off the battlefield and accept the consequences until Obama is removed from office.
Umm isn’t this the same guy Obama accused of ‘air raiding villages and killing innocent civilians’??
Is is absolutely pathetic that State Media will not remind its viewers of the lefts hatred for General David Petraeus and the comments of leading Democrats including B. Hussein Obamah.
The General is now fighting two enemies. In Afghanistan and in the United States.
He will be lucky to survive.
back stabbers on one side and terrorists on the other.
Oh I agree it’s not going to happen but it sure would be a great put down of the POS poser.
I was a soldier under arms once. I swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, rather than some slimeball politician.
That said, I can also tell you that, had I still been a soldier when Obama got elected, I would have left the military ASAFP. I personally would not have willingly served under the first “God damn America” president.
At the same time, I would NEVER tell a soldier that he was somehow morally obligated to leave the military.
Petraeus - and every single soldier, airman, sailor, and Marine in uniform - have earned the right to make that decision for themselves.
My guess is that Petraues’ decision to serve this 100% self-absorbed political president will not end well for him. Or for the soldiers who serve in a war that Obama lacks the will to win.
And that would be a shame.
Is is absolutely pathetic that State Media will not remind its viewers of the lefts hatred for General David Petraeus and the comments of leading Democrats including B. Hussein Obamah
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That’s my point exactly.
If one-tenth what the left said about Petraeus were true, how on earth would he deserve to be confirmed now? In confirming him, Democrats tacitly affirm that they were liars and traitors earlier.
WE have to be the ones who do that reminding. WE have to make enough of an issue out of this that it gets picked up by a larger voice with a bigger megaphone.
I think your second line sums it up nicely. To Petreaus, it’s never about him. It’s about America and her military.
I think your second line sums it up nicely. To Petreaus, it’s never about him. It’s about America and her military.
Rush reminded everyone of the vile, disgraceful attacks launched at Petreaus by the perpetually hypocritical left three years ago. In accepting the job it’s apparent that the general is putting country WELL before either himself or the thugs he’ll have to “cover for.” Were I in his shoes, I would have made absolute demands of Hussein and had him put his responses in WRITING.
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