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Red Robin said:Huh? :???: Are the public not the ones going to elect the officials this next year? I don't follow. I say it's a net negative for the democratic traitors that voted for Petreaus then bashed him before hearing his report. Not very stately. They look like fools.Oldtimer said:Red Robin said:I would agree with you to an extent about the perception but the democrats voted for Petreaus and wouldn't even wait on the report. They were bashing him without even hearing it. That's stupid. They were unprofessional at best and treasonous at worst.
Your talking politicians-- and I'm talking the public-- the ones that are supposed to count in this country.....
Oh I agree with you about the politicians that came out against him-- but I think many of them are playing to their back home folks- as I think in many areas it didn't/doesn't matter what Patraeus said--GW/Administration has lost so much credibility they (Repubs and Dems) aren't going to believe it...And if their folks back home want out-- thats who they are supposed to be representing-- so what they should be doing....
Too bad GW didn't take a lesson from Vietnam-or Korea and learn that US citizens will only support war so long...
Even when we were winning WWII- Truman recognized this...One of the major factors in his decision to drop the Atom bomb was that homefolks were tiring of the war--US troops/families were openly opposing troops being sent from the European Theatre, now that the war was over in Europe, to the Pacific...He feared that if the war went another year he would be hard pressed to negotiate a truce with Japan- and he wanted nothing short of unconditional surrender....
I watched Patraeus tonite on FOX-- and he has his sh*t together--but I wonder if it ain't a dime short and a day late...