WHAT GENERAL PETRAEUS WAS REALLY THINKING

[RevengeOfTheKaizer]

Heh. Well, she didn't.

[jd575]

Thank GOD she didnt get elected.

[monterey725]

These guys should be ashamed of themselves for enabling that "WAR CRIMINAL" George Bush to extend this war so that the "war profiteers" could continue to bank off of this war.

[markayler]

Petraueus...a patriot. The invasion of iraq...a plan to get WW3 started.

Iraq and Iran are partners.

Iran helped broker the seize fire.

Obama, Clinton, McCain, all related. NWO

Jesse Ventura! RON PAUL!

NO to NWO. No to Obama, Clinton, McCain!

[Kaimosae]

its common knowledge that bush fired all the other generals he had before petraeus because they disagreed whole heartedly with bush's tactics.

 why didn't he fire petraeus too? BECAUSE PETRAEUS DIDN'T DISSENT. he was a good sheep.

[stephinately]

Oh give me a break. Petraeus didn't get fired because he is a capable leader who knows how to take a potentially threatening situation and turn it around. Look at how far we have come.

[unforgiven31634]

Lets review this all other Generals were losing this war with the spike in violence. But when Petraeus took command we have start winning this war. Could it be that they were fired because they couldnt do the job? COuld it be that Petraeus was the better General out of all of them and who has started winning this war? Could it be that ylur a dumb fuck who doesnt know shit about whats going on over there?

Capt USMC reserves 2 tours in Iraq.

[Kaimosae]

I honor your service, but just because you're speaking from personal experience...it still doesn't make you right. And mind you, you don't have to be on the ground over there to know we need to get the fuck out.

[unforgiven31634]

actually you do need to be on the ground to know whats going on. How often does the media report how many schools, or hospitals we have built? How often does the media report on iraqis coming out to greet us when we go out on patrol? Me speaking on my expirence in iraq and knowing the truth of whats going on in iraq does make me right. mind you mistakes have been made and innocent lives have been lost does happen which the media does report on is true. But you still know nothing of this war!

[Kaimosae]

Oh that's right the infrastructure that we mostly have private contractors build, & pay them more than we pay our own troops. More contractors than troops. It's a business over there more than anything...these no bid contracts to a select few of companies...that the american ppl are shelling billions of dollars out to pay for. Billions of dollars that we could be spending on infrastructure here. I'm not saying building over there is bad, it just could've been done in a more appropriate fashion.

[unforgiven31634]

i agree with you on this but not my problem. nor is it my department. but i want to know why you advoided everything i said to you about what the media reports? everything you have said is common knowledge or so i thought it was. but that still doesnt answer the question of how often does the media report on us building new schoosl, and hositals and such. on and the iraqi govt is about to have another election since 2005. idk about you i havt heard much about this from the media.

[Kaimosae]

Speaking of election...Doesn't the Iraqi government want the U.S. occupation to be end? But anyway...You really do have to search for news...it's not usually on the front page of many newspapers or websites. You're right the mainstream media doesn't report on some of the positive things that are taking place there. But there are more negatives than positives that have occured in the past five almost six yrs so you can't blame them. I personally don't believe it was worth the sacrifice.

[unforgiven31634]

YEs by the end of either 2010 or 2011. and Obama wants us to leave in 16 months which means will be back in 20 or so years. No there are more positives going on in iraq now. The media has yet to acknowledge the success of the surge and of the iraqi people. we have just recently in the pass month turn over the green zone back to the iraqis. anbar which was once hailed as lost was returned. yes ppl are still dying but not at the rate that it once was. most positive are happening.

[Kaimosae]

"yes ppl are still dying but not at the rate that it once was"

One life is too many. Not to mention the 100 + thousand Iraqis that have lost there lives. You can't just invade a country just because you want too. If that's the case then what about North Korea, DRC, Sudan, Myanmar? The negatives will always outweigh the positives when it comes to an unnecessary war. We all know why we invaded Iraq in the first place so all the stuff you mention is inconsequential for the most part.

[unforgiven31634]

who ever said we wanted to invade iraq? we did it because we thought it was best.

your the type of person that no matter what will always see the negative and will always think that this was for nothing. but since going into iraq they are free unlike under saddam. freedom is always worth fighting for no matter what, no matter where, no matter what time. also if i was Bush or even Obama now i would have gotten rid of Nkorea long ago. same with sudan and myanmar i know nothing about

[unforgiven31634]

Do you think that the Revloutionary War was unnecessary because people died? or how about the civil war? how how about HItler if we didnt go to war against hitler the world would have a serious shortages of Jews. war must be fought young men must die. Freedom is always worht fighting for otherwise will be telling our grandchildern what it was once like in America. and you still advoid my question on iraq which proves that you still know nothing of this war and who is a liar!

[wrongfacade]

If you are referring to the "100 + thousand Iraqis" losing their lives to Saddam committing genocide against the Kurds, then you are absolutely correct.

If you mean that against Coalition Forces, then I am sorry, but you are very sadly mistaken.

It's a good thing the media wasn't in it's current blitz format when WWII was going on. We would have never got anything done, much less come close to defeating a horrible regime.

How easy people forget at what cost their own freedom comes from.

[unforgiven31634]

I would say out of the past 6 years 4 of they years was very bad and we were losing this war but since 2007 more positives are happening. violence is down by 85% since the surge. 11 or 12 of the 18 iraqi Provinces have been turned back over to the iraqis. Also another election is going to take place sometime this month or early Feb. i can keep going. you still know nothing of this war and i wish you'd shut the fuck up because your making yourself look stupid.

[JakeandElwoodBlues]

General Patraeus rules!!!

[JakeandElwoodBlues]

Excuse me, Petraeus.

[monterey725]

Patraeus is forced to say what Bush wants him to say or he'll be fired.

[blarghwastaken]

It doesn't matter if he's been in the trenches. He should be questioned. I don't know him personally. I don't know Hillary personally either, she seems to let emotion and rhetoric get in the way of her logic. I'm so tired of the Conservative vs. Liberal bullshit that you guys spew. Hillary, Petraeus, they're all real people. Individuals. Learn to think about them as such. It's a pity they can't think of each other that way, or at least it seems they don't.

[MrRightAllTime]

women are whores

[JTalfano]

It's a shame that Hill thinks she knows more about the situation on the ground then a General who probably makes his bed in that country everynight. Also, if these hearings are so important then why do these Dems feel the need to open their mouths and rail on everything from Bush to the Iraqi's before they get to their questions, then they bitch about being short on time. Perhaps, they are just short on brains.

[eleanorroosevelt1]

There is much more attention focused on the hearings than on congressional daily business so that's probably why the politicians turn the hearings into soapbox sessions. Usually when congressmen get up in front of the house or senate to give a speech the room is nearly always empty.

[zzx2847]

Haha. Best video I've seen all week!

[EFrizell]

LOL!

[JeffersDodge]

Ever notice the similarities in the words Hillary to Hitler? What steps do you think Hiltery would take if a major city got hit in the first 8 months of her admin. Two words Marshall Law. No Fox no Rush no conservative talk radio no airports, no shipping ports, no travel... etc. Get the picture? Vote for Hilter and vote for surrender.

[alphafuzard]

-_- are you seriously using similarities in names as an argument. I dont like her much either, but please try to talk reasonable trash.

[NYCman530]

Xion, can you substantiate with evidence the statement that Petraeus is brainwashing America? He was there in the trenches? Were you? Or are you just going to judge by what you hear on stations like CBS and ABC and newspapers which are basically liberal media? Hillary is a disgrace and she can't even manage her own marriage so how can she manage a country, or even an ant farm? No true leader would undermine a 4 star general who is relating the progress the surge has resulted in.

[magicdudegary]

...or even an ant farm

lol

[hellsunicorn]

lol, interesting little trick with the graphics there.

[XionXXXX]

He'll continue to brainwash the American people on this war policy and make stupid claims of reducing troop levels and situations getting better which aren't happening anytime soon. He's no different than Rumsfeld, always taking orders from his master commander-in-chief who lied to get in office.