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Category: David Petraeus
Bushwhacked
By Buck | April 24th, 2008 - 8:29 am
Bush can do whatever the hell he wants. But if Petraeus doesn’t follow a direct order by the next president, then out on his ear he goes!
Petraeus promotion keeps nation on its war course
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus, and replacing him with the general’s recent [...]
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Petraeus Set To Head Central Command
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recommended the top military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, be appointed head of US Central Command. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno will be his replacement as the top U.S. commander in Iraq.
As always, the worse you do your job, the more incompetent you are….. the higher up [...]
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TIME: More, Please!
By Buck | April 8th, 2008 - 6:42 am
Time. This war has been about time. Always, more time. Endless time for an endless war.
Do yourself, your fellow man and your country a big favor today and tell the warmongering Petraeus to FUCK OFF ALREADY!
Top general in Iraq war to urge patience
WASHINGTON - The four’star general in charge of Iraq wants more [...]
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Petraeus: Iraqi Leaders Not Making ‘Sufficient Progress’
Gen. David H. Petraeus, in an interview with the Washington Post, states “no one” in the U.S. and Iraqi governments “feels that there has been sufficient progress by any means in the area of national reconciliation,” or in the provision of basic public services.
Some other quotes from the article:
Regarding recent upswing in violence:
“I [...]
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VOTEVETS.ORG LAUNCHES “I DON’T KNOW” WEB AD
from VoteVets.org
YouTube Video Captures Moment Petraeus Concedes He Doesn’t Know if Iraq Plan Makes America Safer; Quotes Three Republican Senators
VoteVets.org has unveiled a new internet ad on YouTube, which captures the moment that General David Petraeus admits during an exchange with Senator John Warner, that he doesn’t know if the White House plan for Iraq [...]
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O’Hanlon’s Conflict Of Interest Revealed On Fox News’ One-Hour Petraeus Special
from THINK PROGRESS.ORG
Yesterday, Fox News aired “American Commander: Gen. David Petraeus,” a one-hour biographical account of the top commander in Iraq. The program, a narrative of Petraeus’s life from birth until his controversial Congressional testimony, featured stories from old neighbors to high school buddies to fellow military officials.
One of the most prominent interviewees was Brookings [...]
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Opinion: Steve Coll on Petraeus
By SusanUnPC
cross posted from No Quarter
Last night, I cracked open the Sept. 24 issue of The New Yorker my daughter brought me. Every time I spot a commentary by Steve Coll in a New Yorker index, I race to it. The man can write; his witty, subtly sarcastic prose is packed tight with information and [...]
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Wanted: Unruly Activists
by Nicholas von Hoffman
The Nation
The first thing the members of Congress did before they heard the testimony of General David Petraeus, the Administration’s new political point man on the war, was to throw the members of Code Pink out of the room. The Code Pinkers are those obnoxious females wearing their eponymously colored T’shirts with [...]
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Petraeus talks of troop withdrawal
By ANNE FLAHERTY
The Associated Press
Talking and doing are two separate things. - JS
WASHINGTON - Gen. David Petraeus told Congress on Monday he envisions the withdrawal of roughly 30,000 U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next summer.
In long-awaited testimony, the commanding general of the war said last winter’s buildup in U.S. troops had met its [...]
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Bush advisers favor current war strategy
By MATTHEW LEE
The Associated Press
It looks like Bush’s advisers (read that as “yes men/women”) are keeping the boss happy by telling him what he wants to hear. The delusional emperor with no clothes just keeps in his own little world of pretend, doesn’t he? - JS
WASHINGTON - President Bush’s top two military and political [...]
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