Charles Krauthammer - Deserting Petraeus - washingtonpost.com Quote:
But what cannot be said -- although it is now heard daily in Washington -- is that the surge, which is shorthand for Gen. David Petraeus's new counterinsurgency strategy, has failed. The tragedy is that, just as a working strategy has been found, some Republicans in the Senate have lost heart and want to pull the plug.
It is understandable that Sens. Lugar, Voinovich, Domenici, Snowe and Warner may no longer trust President Bush's judgment when he tells them to wait until Petraeus reports in September. What is not understandable is the vote of no confidence they are passing on Petraeus. These are the same senators who sent him back to Iraq by an 81 to 0 vote to institute his new counterinsurgency strategy.
A month ago, Petraeus was asked whether we could still win in Iraq. The general, who had recently attended two memorial services for soldiers lost under his command, replied that if he thought he could not succeed he would not be risking the life of a single soldier.
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We all expect the faux peaceniks of the lefty-run DNC to deny reality whenever they find it inconvenient to their political agenda. But when those RINO's who proudly assert their conservatism by sporting an "R" next to their names start sounding like treasonous surrender-monkeys, the sense of betrayal is even more profound.
Here, Charles "The Kraut" Krauthammer points out the fallacious thinking of the marshmellow-spined numbnuts in his own inimitable style.
(PS: On the off chance that my recent absence has been noticed by some here, I must beg forebearance due to the call of other duties, and promise to try to catch up on some of my other debates soon)
As you were