Petraeus: "I Don't Know" If My Strategy Makes America Safer

[Fritz019]

He is a murder nothing more....

[LandWarriorSoldier]

What a fucking hack job fuck you for editing and making an American hero look bad. You should be ashamed of yourself if you aren't then you need to take a good hard look at yourself.

[freedomfromevil]

I American Hero is Gen. Powell U.S. Army Ret., General Washington, Audie Murphy, all the men and women who died or substained some sort of injury in combat. I can tell you this, this man loves his country, but most of all, he loves himself more. This general actually tried to become one of the 5 star generals, give me a break. He's a soldier,very well educated, loves his country, has did he's service, but he hasn't made the sacrifices that so many before him made.

[arubberball]

His job is Iraq! Great hack job next time play the whole clip! CONTEXT!

[Dogmeatmgc]

fucking congress/Senators always thinking they no mmore then a fucking GENERAL! then trying to act smarter then them. god.. fuckign poitics suck.

[MooseOfReason]

Alberto Gonzalez: "I don't recall."

General David Petraeus: "I don't know."

Why do our high-ranking figures of authority suck at remembering things?

[saclover]

its the Generals job to follow orders .... not to make policy .. what don't you get about that ?????

[MooseOfReason]

"Multinational Force Iraq Commander."

Sorry, that title confused me a bit...

[takotheoktopus]

LOL! "I don't know"

[dano9181]

this whole situation is fubared everyone looks like idiots in my mind. the general may have deceived the public about what is really happening and the congressional committee make the U.S. look bad as well. no one wins

[vrede420]

Please read what the brave soldiers of the 82nd Airborne have to say about the Iraq war in an op-ed first published in the NY Times, Aug. 19, 2007:

globalpolicy(dot)org/security/­issues/iraq/withdraw/2007/0819­aswesawit.htm

Also, read what active duty Lt. Col. Paul Yingling has to say about the mismanagement of the war: armedforcesjournal(dot)com/200­7/05/2635198

[vrede420]

Al Qaeda is stronger now than at any time since 2001 - CIA. You're doing a heck of a job Betrayus!

[upconstruct]

Isn't the whole point of this war supposedly to be to make America safer? Wmd's? We fight them over there so we do not have to fight them here? etc...They have a real clusterf**k goin on and no clue what to do and they do not even know if it is making America safer?-Sheeeesh.

[jdpainter]

I'm a huge opponent of the war, but quite honestly I thought his answer was on the money. It really isn't his job to determine if the war makes America 'safer'. It's his job to conduct the war he is ordered to wage.

[forgetsalot]

Agreed. That was a seriously loaded question and it surprises me that it came from a Republican. Maybe he was hoping that he'd just say "yes" or maybe it's a sign that Republicans are turning against the war.

[dumpypotatoes]

But it is his job to disobey any orders which are illegal unconstitutional etc, which his orders are.

[forgetsalot]

Which orders does he have that are illegal or unconstitutional? He's been ordered to stabilize a country, I fail to see the issue with that. If he was ordered to lie, sure, but you'd have to prove that he has lied. Him saying that he doesn't know if he's making us safer here is an opinion and you'll have a pretty hard time proving that he's somehow lying about his opinion.

[Neoconhater]

Prove??

He is a flat out liar and none of your ignorant drool will change that act!

[Neoconhater]

Oops, change that FACT!

[Neoconhater]

If you need someone to point out to you the lies spewed by this traitor it is obviously time for you to forget posting the same old ignorant drool that we've heard over and over. If he doesn't know if he's is making things safer, it is very clear that its the opposite, he is a putz and needs to quit. He knows he's lying and keep up the cheerleading for him because it is obvious you an ignorant bastard.

[forgetsalot]

Yes you do usually have to prove somebody is doing something before you accuse them. I'm very far from liking Bush or this war but I'm not so "ignorant" as to decide things about people before I even hear what they have to say. He's supposed to stabilize Iraq, not philosophize about how safe that may or may not make us.

[Neoconhater]

YAWN!

To get back on topic, the bottom line is Betrayus is a lying bastard and is nothing more than a treasonous chump that should be hanging on the end of a rope. Obviously you enjoy cheerleading your criminal hero! LOL LOL

[MooseOfReason]

A stabilied Iraq is supposed to make us safe, so him saying he doesn't know whether or not it'll make us safer means he doesn't know if Iraq can be stabilized at all.

[nj23dublin]

What a shame, that David Petraeus who is a great general, with awards and medals from Bosnia Haiti and Kuwait, has to convince himself and others things are ok because of the greatest failure in the history of US foreign policy (george bush), ofcourse it won't make america safer, Iraqis are killing Iraqis not Americans, terrorists are killing americans

[MonsterSound]

This good soldier obeys his President and says what the President wants him to say, just like Powell did and Pace did. Truth be damned.

[Rinkul]

oh lawd this wins so much interbutt

[SAHusker]

Imagine being a soldier in Iraq, or the family of one of the victims of Bush's War, and hearing the commanding general state that he "doesn't know" why you are in harm's way or why your loved one died.

[Neoconhater]

Betrayus is a treasonous bastard, he is lying about Iraq and he knows it, fuck off you piece of shit liar.

[forgetsalot]

I'm certainly not for this war and I've never heard an idea of Bush's that made sense but come on, what about this makes him a liar? Did you make up your mind that he was lying before he even said anything like so many other people?

[Neoconhater]

Yes I made up my mind long ago that anyone spouting the line of bullshit for the Dumbya Regime is a liar. When have they ever been honest??

[TheDailyBackground]

Bush makes a big deal out of how much he says he listens to the generals-- and yet his own top general can't say that the war is making America safer? Sounds about right.

[Heraldblog]

That was about the best answer Petraeus could give, though. Warner's question is best directed to the civilian leadership. The founding fathers didn't want military commanders making strategic decisions about American foreign policy and national security. That's for our elected leaders to decide. Of course Bush is unavailable for comment, because he's too busy hiding behind his generals.

[mckmas8808]

And the sad thing is, he will probably fire Petraeus if he keeps saying these types of things. Bush has fired other Generals before.