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Petraeus Gets Testy

Jul 31, 202083.1K Shares2.2M Views
Of all the Senators for Petraeus to get testy with, nice-boy Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) is probably the least likely. He asked Petraeus if reasonable people could disagree about the best way forward, just in the spirit of comity. Petraeus said… no. “Lots of things in life are arguable,” Petraeus replied, but apparently not his recommendations for the future of the Iraq war.
Bayh, clearly unprepared for that, tried to get Petraeus back to Democrat-friendly territory. Petraeus wasn’t too interested, and basically implied that the 70 percent of the country that wants the war to end doesn’t care about the troops. “We believe the appropriate way, based on commanders on the ground, to sustain and build on the period of the last 12-15 months is making reductions based on the conditions on ground. … When the conditions are met is where that point is, unless you want to risk and jeopardize what our young men women have fought so hard to achieve.”
We’ll see how well that goes over in the Foreign Relations committee, where Petraeus and Crocker head at 2:30. I’m going to drink some coffee.
Paula M. Graham

Paula M. Graham

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