Petraeus' return promises high political drama

LA Times ^ | April 6, 2008 | Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes

[jazusamo]

Biden, Clinton and Obama would do well to not get in a test of wills with Gen. Petraeus, he knows what he's talking about and has been successful while they don't have a clue.

[gusopol3]

they’ll do even worse in a test of brains

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They will read reports to him from the NY Times and Washington compost and say THAT IS THE TRUTH!

The Dem's are already on Record:

Hill Dems petition Bush on Iraq - Democrats Letter to President Bush April 4, 2008 --FR Thread

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The leaders said the recent troop buildup in Iraq had not achieved its purpose and urged Bush to direct troops to play a more limited role in Iraq and divert freed up resources to other regions such as the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Cicero]

Unfortunately, the good guys don’t necessarily win, especially when you have gangs of politicians who could care less about the welfare of our country.

I’m afraid that goes for McCain as well as clintona and obama. He didn’t hesitate to write off his fellow MIA/POWs when he was chair of the committee and it was to his political advantage to do so.

And there is plenty of infighting in the Pentagon, with some of the top brass absolutely furious because Bush bypasses the chain of command in favor of leaders who can do the job, like Petraeus and Tommy Franks.

[jazusamo]

You’re correct and I’ll bet Hillary doesn’t call him a liar again.

[vietvet67]

Clinton and Obama will show themselves as the fools they are without much help from General Petraeus.

[jazusamo]

Yes, I saw where Pelosi and Reid have already started. It’s difficult to imagine they are so blatantly antiAmerican!

[jazusamo]

It was refreshing to see Fallon get the axe, it was long overdo.

[Cementjungle]

I can see it now. “General, each member of Code Pink will have 30 minutes to pose their question, and you will have 3 seconds to respond”.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

It’s difficult to imagine they are so blatantly antiAmerican!

See this :

Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left

And a review:

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By	Kat Bakhu (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left (Hardcover)

I had long wondered why people on the Left had the propensity to speak more positively about people who would slit their throats than they do about their own country, which affords them more freedom and opportunity than anywhere else. David Horowitz has answered that question thoroughly and convincingly in his Unholy Alliance. Where I felt bewildered and confused, I now feel crystal clear. Unholy Alliance is such a great book.

It begins with the leftist movements at the beginning of the 20th Century, and works its way up to the present day, exploring the anti-American attitude of these movements in detail. Horowitz shows that the enemies of the US back then are largely the same group today, operating under the same misperceptions, making the same mistakes, and pursuing the same impossible utopia.

Individual chapters are included on the Patriot Act (I was persuaded that it is a GOOD thing); the democratic flip-flop on Iraq once G.W. Bush implemented what they agreed with Clinton needed to be done; the driving components of the current anti-war movement; as well as chapters on individual personalities who are major spokespeople of the Left. Horowitz covers a lot of ground, and he covers it concisely and clearly. Unholy Alliance is richly informative without ever being boring or plodding.

This book is so illuminating that I simply cannot do justice to it here. I love people who reason so clearly that they help me get my own reasoning clear. Horowitz is just that type of person! In the terrain of mindless clichés (no-blood-for-oil, etc.), he is a breath of real fresh air.

[Red Steel]

said Kurt M. Campbell, ..."Remember: Petraeus' future now lies much more with what happens with Clinton and Obama. He's going to go all-out to try to appear he's not alienating Democratic friends."

I don't think Petraeus plays that game.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for the post. Horowitz’s book looks like it will be well worth the read.

[jazusamo]

I don't think Petraeus plays that game.

There's no doubt in my mind that he doesn't. :)

[Yossarian]

I’d like to honestly ask the good Gen. Petraeus why Mookie Sadr still lives.

[frankiep]

This statement is a perfect example of the arrogance and complete disregard for the well being of the nation exhibited by leftists at every turn. Here they are calling him a liar in the most subtle of ways by implying that up to this point he has been giving Congress information that is untrue but that concurs with what republicans want. It is incomprehensible to the leftists that infest our government that a military commander would actually give a report on the current situation based on what’s actually happening on the ground rather than politics.

[jocko12]

Demwits are about to get there Butts kicked again.

[Enchante]

I trust that General Petraeus will continue to be the clear-thinking, tough-minded, straight-shooting kind of guy we all know him to be, but the Demagogues will be desperate to try to wring out of him any statements that can be turned into political weapons against the war and the WH.

What I would give to see General Petraeus look Shrillary in the eye after one of her asinine “questions” and say “Senator Clinton, to regard you as an honest and competent leader would require a WILLFUL SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF!”

I know he won’t let himself descend to their level, but just once I would enjoy seeing him kick Shrillary’s ugly flabby butt right out of the hearing room.

[Enchante]

"Kurt M. Campbell, a military analyst who has advised Democratic presidential candidates"

Hey, Kurt Campbell, maybe you should consider that General Petraeus is nothing like the political WHORES that you pal around with. Maybe you should consider that, unlike the Demagogues, General Petraeus will play it straight and talk honestly about the facts on the ground and what he believes is best for our COUNTRY and the men & women in uniform he so ably leads.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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