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2007-05-14 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Delphi2005 2007-05-14 08:36|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Petraeus reiterates the fact that they are the only ones that are expected to play by the rules. Nice pep talk, but he's not getting shot at in the Green Zone.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-05-14 14:35|| 2007-05-14 14:35|| Front Page Top

#2 And I don't see it as an indictment of Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, so I guess I don't consider it "stunning", either. I know it was part of my kid's training.

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-14 15:23|| 2007-05-14 15:23|| Front Page Top

#3 This is a command heading check, nothing more. As the frustration rises and the desire to win grows he must insure we stay on track. There is no Bush bashing here, those that say it is need to stfu. Funny how people read what they want to in a letter. Next his letter on sexual harassment will be how bush hates women. This sulivan guy needs to tighten up his tin foil hat a bit.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2007-05-14 15:54|| 2007-05-14 15:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, it's Andrew Sullivan. The man who adored President Bush's response to 9/11 up until the day he didn't support gay marriage, Mr. Sullivan's pet issue for very personal reasons. Then Mr. Sullivan turned on a dime, and became as waspishly nasty as he is very capable of being. The man has even less understanding of matters military than I, and somehow less of political realities as well, which takes some doing, especially for someone who's been at the top of the journalism profession for decades. He's a brilliant writer, and I'm sure his boyfriend thinks he's wonderful, but he's nothing like the top caliber thinker he believes himself to be. Nothing like Bill Moyers in terms of being pretentious and duplicitious, though a good deal more self-deludingly sanctimonious.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-14 16:33|| 2007-05-14 16:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Andrew Sullivan has been obsessed with Abu Ghraib and other alleged mistreatment of prisoners by American soldiers for three solid years. He simply will NOT let it go, even though the individuals responsible were charged with misconduct, and the disciplinary process begun, even BEFORE the Abu Ghraib story was turned into a "scandal" by Seymour Hersch.

And when it did, and Sullivan went ballistic over it, I had a strong suspicion that had Bush not already broken Andrew's tender, adoring heart by coming out against gay marriage, Andrew would have treated Abu Ghraib as exactly what it was: an anomoly.

As to Petraeus's letter, it is hardly "stunning"; as best I can tell, it does no more than reiterate U.S. military policy that has been in effect since long before Sullivan ever even heard of Abu Ghraib. (My youngest son spent 2004 guarding detainees at the Camp Bucca prison, so that's what I'm going from.)

Andrew Sullivan has all the integrity of a jilted lover, which is ALL he is. Before Bush took his stand on gay marriage he could do no wrong in Andrew's eyes; since then, he can do no right.

Stop thinking with your dick, Andrew.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-05-14 17:10|| 2007-05-14 17:10|| Front Page Top

#6 This is too bad. It means petraeus is the wrong man for the job.

He is telling the troops not to act if in doubt. Like many others, he confuses soldier with policeman. Police are supposed to know the law, soldiers are supposed to kill.

By squashing initiative on the ground he guarantees defeat.

Posted by flash91 2007-05-14 17:24|| 2007-05-14 17:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Let it suffice to say that the sooner Sullivan's dangerous habits catch up to him, the better. I personally wouldn't mind seeing the Taliban have a go at him.

Posted by Mac 2007-05-14 17:35|| 2007-05-14 17:35|| Front Page Top

#8 St. Andrew of the Bleeding ~~Rectum~~ Heart has devolved to pure BDS. His writing was NEVER top-notch. He's not worthy to start Mark Steyn's computer

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-14 18:48|| 2007-05-14 18:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Please add a stinker alert flag whenever linking to Andy Buttboy

Posted by Captain America 2007-05-14 19:17|| 2007-05-14 19:17|| Front Page Top

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