Throwing a Hissy Fit

MoveOn.org threw a hissy fit, taking out a newspaper ad suggesting Gen. Petraeus is "General Betray Us." Good stuff, if you like semi-snappy language that libels a soldier at war. And this, days before he even presents his findings to Congress.

MoveOn leaders pretend to know more about Iraq than the general who lives there. MoveOn was founded as a special interest group amid the bitter partisan warfare in Washington in the late 1990s. But now the organization itself vomits up partisan bile.

In a recent poll, 63 percent of Americans say they have confidence in Petraeus, who holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Princeton. His 63 percent is substantially higher than the numbers for Bush and the Democrats in Congress.

So, Moveon.org took out a full page ad in the most influential paper in the country to impugn the integrity of David Petraeus - a highly decorated four star general who has spent his life in service to America and is currently leading 160,000 of our citizen-soldiers in war - and to call him a liar two days before he offered testimony to the United States Congress. Yes, it generated "buzz." But it was still a truly slanderous, repugnant thing to do.

Mitt 2008?...getting closer now.



And one more 9/11 item......

Here is some sentiment from 6 years (it is a PDF file) and right on.