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shawa
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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: Hegseth: 'MoveOn.org Calls Petraeus a Traitor' |
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Despicable indeed!! Pete Hegseth slams the Dem leadership.
| Quote: | MoveOn.org Calls Petraeus a Traitor
Do Democrats in Congress agree?
by Pete Hegseth
09/09/2007 5:28:00 PM
Tomorrow--as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress--the antiwar group MoveOn.org is running a full-page advertisement in the New York Times under the headline: "General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House."
Let's be clear: MoveOn.org is suggesting that General Petraeus has 'betrayed' his country. This is disgusting. To attack as a traitor an American general commanding forces in war because his 'on the ground' experience does not align with MoveOn.org's political objectives is utterly shameful. It shows contempt for America's military leadership, as well as for the troops who have confidence in him, as our fellow soldiers in Iraq certainly do.
General Petraeus has served this country for over 35 years with honor, distinction, and integrity. And this is not just about General Petraeus. After all, if General Petraeus is "cooking the books," then the entire military chain of command in Baghdad, and all the staff, military and civilian, who have been working with General Petraeus are complicit, since Petraeus did not write his report in isolation. They are all, apparently, 'betray[ing] us.'
MoveOn.org has been working closely with the Democratic congressional leadership --as an article in today's Sunday New York Times Magazine makes clear. And consider this comment by a Democratic senator from Friday's Politico: "'No one wants to call [Petraeus] a liar on national TV,' noted one Democratic senator, who spoke on the condition on anonymity. 'The expectation is that the outside groups will do this for us.'
So, veterans who served in Iraq ask the Democratic leaders in Congress: Does MoveOn.org speak for you? Do you agree with MoveOn.org? Or do you repudiate this despicable charge?
MoveOn.org has helped frame the core choice: Whom do we trust to run this war--MoveOn.org and its allies in Congress, or Gen. David Petraeus and his colleagues?
Pete Hegseth is executive director of Vets for Freedom and an Iraq War veteran. |
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GenrXr
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Move on is an organization funded by the communist George Soros. There has not been a Democrat who loved America in the White House since Kennedy.
At some point in the near future, practical people of action who have not been paying attention are going to have to make a decision.
Side with the petulant juveniles of the left or the strong patriots of the right. The problem is noone on the right has stepped up yet. We have horrible leadership. George Bush is a complete failure as a Conservative. He provers the point apples dont fall far from the tree.
I would compare Bush to John Kennedy. History will agree with me. We need a strong Reagan conservative.
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shawa
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Democrat Tom Lantos opened the session disgustingly saying that he was not going to believe
anything General Petraeus would say, insinuating that he would lie. What a POS!!
Wasn't it Lantos who once said Admiral Boorda had the decency to commit suicide? I forget what the
circumstances were.
This is Lieberman's very good response to Moveon.org ad, but I hope that he would chastise Lantos
as well for the slander he directed at General Petraeus.
| Quote: | Lieberman Urges Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi to
Denounce Moveon.org Attack on General Petraeus
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) issued the following statement in response to the Moveon.org ad attacking General Petraeus in today’s New York Times:
“The personal attack on Gen. David Petraeus launched today by Moveon.org is an outrageous and despicable act of slander that every member of the Congress — Democrat and Republican — has a solemn responsibility to condemn.
“General Petraeus has served his country honorably and selflessly for over thirty-five years. He has risked his life in combat and accepted lengthy deployments away from his family to defend our nation and its citizens from its enemies. For this, he deserves the respect, admiration, and gratitude of every American — not the disgraceful slander of Moveon.org.
“It has been widely reported that Moveon.org has worked closely over the past months with many members of the Democratic Party in coordinating their efforts to derail the strategy that General Petraeus has been leading in Iraq.
“I do not know whether the Democratic leadership was consulted in any way or informed by Moveon about this personal, political attack on General Petraeus. That is not the point. The point is that when partisan political attacks which have already divided and weakened our nation in many ways are directed at a non-partisan, non-political commander like General Petraeus, everyone has a responsibility to shout, “Stop. Enough.”
“As a member of the Senate Democratic caucus, I therefore call on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to denounce Moveon.org in no uncertain terms for its vile attack on Gen. Petraeus. General Petraeus deserves no less.
“Regardless of our disagreements on the way forward in Iraq, the claim that one of our most decorated and accomplished soldiers — whom the Senate unanimously confirmed in his command — would "betray" his country is an insult to the honor of all of our brave men and women in uniform who are fighting today in Iraq.
“As we debate our Iraq policy in the days ahead, we should leave no doubt that Democrats and Republicans stand united behind our troops and the commander who is leading them. We must reject the slander of this brave soldier and patriot.” |
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BuffaloJack
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This is incredible.
Our country is at war and most of the population is clueless.
They actually think that Bush and Petraeus are the bad guys.
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