I agree 100% with what MoveOn said about Patreus. He was lying at his testimony. He was cooking the books and still is today. He was presenting politically motivated numbers. And his recent appearances on right wing news outlets, radio shows, and in support of right wing candidates in Australia and England clearly show that he is acting as a political operative and not in a strictly military capacity.
Which has me fuming about Bush's supposed shock over the MoveOn ad. That was just a convenient target. He has set up this general to present a political argument. But we can't criticize what he said because 'he is a general', which means, according to Bush, that calling him on the carpet when he lies is somehow attacking the troops.
This Bush scheme of fronting his crackpot policy with an untouchable general, it's the most cynical thing I have seen him do. And from this man I have seen a great deal of sleazy cynicism.
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