Posted on 03/29/2009 8:14:13 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Gen. Petraeus: U.S. no less safe under Obama By Michael O'Brien Posted: 03/29/09 10:12 AM [ET] General David Petraeus countered recent suggestions by former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday that the United States is less safe under the Obama administration.
I wouldnt necessarily agree with that, Petraeus said during an appearance on CNN where he was asked about Cheney's comments.
In an interview on CNN two weeks ago, Cheney defended Bush administration interrogation policies and the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay as making the U.S. safer. He criticized Obama for announcing changes to U.S. interrogation policies, which he said had foiled terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Pressed about Cheney's comments, Petraeus did not directly criticize U.S. interrogation policies that some have said amounted to torture. But in offering a defense for traditional U.S. "values," he also did not defend Cheney's remarks.
I think that there is in fact a good debate going on about the importance of values in everything we do, Petraeus said. It is hugely significant to us to hold so dear to the values weve fought for over the years, he said.
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CNN spin. He didn’t say we were not less safe.
'Yeo, the CIC is a moron and we'll all be dead in three years from terrorist attacks.'
Whomever asked that question should be water boarded then sent to GITMO for shear stupidity.
He's trying to walk a line. He KNOWS if we get hit--he and the Democat party are done until Americans are lulled into passivity again. He won't get a second term.
At the same time, he's trying to pacify the left wing moonbat base by pretending he's doing things he isn't really doing or conversely not doing things he really is doing using Orwellian language.
CNN attempting the ol’ journie trick of getting arguments started where none exists.
Real Honest Headline: “General refuses to step into political debate over interrogation policies”
Right. Obama’s Move-on supporters called him ... BETRAY-US.
And now they are going to listen to him?
he is just a talking point for them that they will toss aside if he’s not useful.
Petraeus measured his words, trying to sidestep political landmines, and the Hill twisted them.
RIchard Danzig
General George S. Patton, might disagree. So would General MacCarthur.
Both the Huffington Post and Democratic Underground are providing direct links to the Petraeus interview so that leftists can hear what Petraeus said in his own words.
Later, when Gen. MacArthur fell out with Truman, it was a different story. Even then, the General pretty much kept his mouth shut.
Leni
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