Comments on: Petraeus: I “Don’t Know” If The Iraq War Makes U.S. Safer

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By: Mad Dog

Mad Dog — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:36:21 +0000

So why is the general running around the country doing a dog and pony show with a diplomat?

By: LeftHook

LeftHook — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:10:16 +0000

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By: Mad Dog

Mad Dog — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:06:38 +0000

Bill,

Doing your job as narrowly as possible has been proven a deadly mistake for military ‘leaders.’

There are illegal and immoral orders, aren’t there?

And, just plain foolish and stupid orders, eh?

Tactical versus strategic?

Battle goals versus war goals?

Sun Tze might have named the military just a tool of political leaders, but does that mean the military has a duty only to the current political leadership?

Reflect upon Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg, Rommel at El Alamein, and every army that ever tried invading Russian during the winter.

Mad Dog

By: Mad Dog

Mad Dog — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:59:16 +0000

Knots or knuts?

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:07:58 +0000

The General is simply doing his job. He’s not necessarily supposed to have a “world view” regarding whether we’re safer or not. But how come the same neocons who are all about this religious war/kill or convert Muslims also seem to be the most concerned about some Iraqi “bloodbath” if we leave? You guys are “tied in knots” again.

By: bb

bb — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:14:17 +0000

So do all you defeatocrat conspiracy propagandists support this BS from moveon.org — http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html

By: Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:50:46 +0000

John,
You always mention “oil” as the reason for our attack on Iraq – Dr. Roberts has that #2 in his list above, if the order has meaning!

By: Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:48:43 +0000

Don’t miss the final part of this question by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. It’s very close to my comment in #5 above:
Who are the beneficiaries of 9-11? The answer is: the military- security complex, which has accumulated tens of billions of dollars in profits; U.S. oil companies, which hope to get their hands on Iraqi and perhaps Iranian oil; the Republican Party, which saved a vulnerable newly elected president, George W. Bush, viewed by many as illegitimately elected by one vote of the Supreme Court, by wrapping him in the flag as “war president”; the Republican Federalist Society, which used 9-11 to achieve its goal of concentrating power in the executive; Vice President Dick Cheney and the neoconservatives, who used the “new Pearl Harbor” to implement their “Project for a New American Century” and extend American hegemony over the Middle East; and right-wing Israeli Zionists, who have successfully used American blood and treasure to eliminate obstacles to Israeli territorial expansion.
Article Link:”911 – Six Years Later”
http://tinyurl.com/2hn5hu

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:59:03 +0000

Yes, Caroline, Fleisher is one of the “heavies” behind the add. I would classify Fleisher as part of “The Lobby”.

And these ads make me both sad and furious. We are not dealing with patriotism here. This is direct meddling and control by another foreign nation with its own distinct interests from ours. This foreign nation is using our blood and treasure to achieve its objectives! Its that simple!