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2007-09-13 Home Front: Politix

The Petraeus hearings prove Democrats need to change the subject.

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Posted by Mike 2007-09-13 06:12|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 It was expected that the Petraeus-Crocker hearings would be two days of high drama

By whom? I think most people expected Barnum and Baily. Maybe he meant "high drama" as in high wires.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-09-13 11:23|| 2007-09-13 11:23|| Front Page Top

#2 After Senator Biden's 7 minutes he may find that there are neighborhoods more local than Iraq in which he would feel uncomfortable traveling through.

Posted by swksvolFF 2007-09-13 17:18|| 2007-09-13 17:18|| Front Page Top

#3 ..including five candidates for the presidency

None of whom, for a second grasped the concept that leadership is fundamentally dependent upon mutual respect. There is no way that any of them will be able to 'lead' the military. They'll order. However, the military is not Skynet. It's composed of men and women who's presence is an act of 'the consent of the governed'. Expect retention and recruitment to drop. At a certain point the good guys will get out and the careerist will crawl to the top [or as the old adage went - in the cesspool the big chunks float to the top]. They will be oblivious to it all since they have no grasp the military culture other then the stereotypes projected by their scuzzy friends in Hollyweird.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-09-13 19:32|| 2007-09-13 19:32|| Front Page Top

#4 At a certain point the good guys will get out and the careerist will crawl to the top

And maybe Wesley Clark comes back as SecDef - gods help us.

Posted by lotp 2007-09-13 19:52|| 2007-09-13 19:52|| Front Page Top

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