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How dare you criticize General Petraeus
I landed on this page at your website, where you refer to General David Petraeus as "Warmonger Petraeus" -- this is your vision of fair and balanced coverage? He's a warmonger in the sense that he's a military General so making war is his job, but my impression is that he's very good at his job.
Our nation is at war, and I can't see any reason that anyone who cares about American victory would criticize the commanding officer on the battle front. It smacks of treason, and I respectfully suggest that you reconsider your mocking attitude.
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I assure you, we're not "mocking" Gen Petraeus. We're simply and unambiguously accusing him of betraying his nation. He should be fired and face trial.
I cannot speak to his expertise as a military commander except to note the obvious, that he's been in charge of the American occupation of Iraq as that quagmire has deepened, as more and more Americans and Iraqis are being killed for nothing. But it's essentially inarguable that when Gen Petraeus addresses the media, which he does daily, he's simply another Bush administration mouthpiece, and much of what he says is just plain false. His ongoing statements that Iran is behind all the chaos in Iran remain unsubstantiated and almost certainly untrue, and his perjury before Congress, generally stating that things are going 'better' in Iraq, and that at some point with X months troop withdrawals will be possible, is contrasted by virtually every non-propaganda report out of Iraq.
When a military commander lies to the public, and those lies imperil the lives of American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, that is a high crime indeed. That is the daily work of Gen David Petraeus, and that, dear stranger, is what "smacks of treason".
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