Keith Olbermann Special Comment: Gen. Petraeus report - Iraq

Once again, pathetic George Bush hides behind General David Petraeus and shamelessly uses the military officer as a shill for a continuation of the failed policy Iraq war.
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Someone should ask General Petraeus today why he is working so hard to help Iran. This is not to suggest he is some sort of enemy of the state. I suppose he is following orders, but why doesn't he question his wildly counterproductive and conflicting orders? I hear him bemoaning Iranian influence in Iraq all the time. Yet, no one has helped Iran more inside Iraq than he has. We have lent the full force of our military might to the political faction and Shiite militia most closely associated with Iran. Granted there aren't a lot of good guys in the different Iraqi militias (on the other hand, they don't have much reason to think we're swell, either). But why have we decided to back the most pro-Iranian militia in the whole country?

The Badr Corps is linked with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), which is the largest party inside Iraq. The Badr Corps also happens to be the militia with closest ties to Iran. They also happen to be the militia that ran those feared death squads during the ethnic cleansing of Baghdad. And get this - they are also the ones that want to split up Iraq instead of keeping it unified. All of these objectives seem to be diametrically opposed to what we want in Iraq. So why have we thrown all our military muscle behind them? This is not just a rhetorical question. I'm actually curious as to what the answer is. Why are we helping ISCI and Bard Corps split up Iraq and allowing Iran to gain even greater influence inside Iraq?

I hope Gen. Petraeus isn't going to pretend that the Sadr's Mahdi Army has closer ties to Iran. That is demonstrably false. If he does that, then you know he is just Dick Cheney's puppet trying to stoke hostilities with Iran based on false premises. But beyond that, if we want to fight Iran so badly, why are we helping their top allies in Iraq? I would love it if we actually used Congressional hearings to ask a real question for once and if General Petraeus, for once, gave us a real answer.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/why-is-general-petraeus-h_b_95608.html

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[Paranutz]

And three years later we won Iraq and the Democrats have adopted the same Iraq Surge Starategy to be placed to fit the Afghan battle Space....oh ya Obama also highered the same General! LOL!

[dadecountyhustler305]

Wow America won in Iraq. And I know that pisses you liberal off.

[crutmauler]

I agree that you are stupid, but please don't try to project your faults onto others who are not stupid like you are.

[GurnSi]

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[loismarill]

NO ESCONDER COMENTARIOS! K. OLBERMAN ES LA MASCOTA DE OBAMA VEA ESTOS VIDEOS EN ESPANOL: 1 Espanol Version Obama's Nonnegotiable Commitment to Africa 2 Democratas: Obama O Clinton? 3 Barack Obama: Ayudenme! VOTEN COMO QUIERAN PERO CON OJOS ABIERTOS ! Punche SHOW abajo para ver lo que un robot escondio !

[loismarill]

K.Olberman es un can rabido.  Nadie lo respeta en USA !

SE PREGUNTAN POR QUE LA MEDIA FAVORECE A OBAMA?

POR QUE HAY GENTE PODEROSA QUE TIENE A BHO EN SUS

BOLSILLOS !

SHUT UP OLBERMAN !!

[F5xxxvi]

Matthews and Olbermann son las mascotas de Obama !

SUS OPINIONES SIEMPRE LO FAVORECEN !

[coldfireshot]

we respect the army not the leaders the ones who can't solve this mess

[RedPandaBoy]

i take everything back.. Bush is smart.. smart enough to know how stupid 'we' are and do what ever he want..

[tiedyekeith]

remember, there was another portion of our system of government which failed america in leading us into Bush's Iraq war, besides the press.....along with Congress and military.......

The American people allowed themselves to be hoodwinked, we ARE smarter than we were.....we are dumber than we ARE now, too....