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Posted on 09/11/2008 6:59:59 PM PDT by mondoreb
Barack Obama and Joe Biden
The Democrat Foreign Policy Team: Their Judgment One Year Ago
“I opposed this war from the beginning. I opposed the war in 2002. I opposed the war in 2003. I opposed it in 2004, and 2005 and 2006." --Barack Obama, September 12 2007
“It's time to turn the corner in my view, gentlemen. We should stop the surge and start bringing our troops home. We should end a political strategy in Iraq that cannot succeed and begin one that can.” --Joe Biden, September 11 2007
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September 11, 2007: General David Petraeus was in Washington, DC to present his report to a Democrat-controlled Congress on the progress of the surge of troops in Iraq.
Democrats already knew: the war was lost, the surge was a hoax and Petraeus was "not believable". Democrats attacked Petraeus before he spoke a word, both professionally and personally.
According to Kevin Mooney, CNS, "On Sept. 11th of last year, when Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), that the U.S. troop surge in Iraq was working, he was met by a hail of criticism from members of Congress who believed it was failing."
On September 10, MoveOn.org ran its infamous full-age "General Betray Us" ad in the New York Times. The NY Times cut the price of the ad 60%, in effect, co-sponsoing the ad in a blatant attempt to influence the political debate on the issue.
But then, that last item does not really qualify as "news".
Petraeus' report, and the notion that the surge was working, was attacked throughout the day by Hillary Clinton, Harry Ried, Rahm Emanuel and the Democrat presidential ticket of 2008, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
How have the Democrats' predictions of 'retreat and defeat' played out? Was General Petraeus the puppet or the prophet?
Continue reading: Petraeus Report: What Obama and Biden Said One Year Ago
What Harry Reid, Dick Durbin and Rahm Emanuel said was just plain despicable.
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Our Congress is overflowing with American traitors, despots, radical socialists and just plain old crooked politicians seeking only power.
Pandering or no, the factual consensus of that party on a decision so incredibly affecting history, positively or negatively, should damn them to eternal McGovernesque oblivion.
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He faced pressures to succeed that are ungodly. Possibly the "Last Man Standing in the Gap."
It is still possible that Iraq will ultimately be a failure, but it won't be Gen P's fault.
Has anyone read the new book about Petraeus...”Tell me how this ends..”?
I could not find a reference post on Freep.
I’d never heard of it, thanks. I’ll be looking for it at the library.
It has a great review on Amazon.com !
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