General Petraeus' "Progress" Spin on Afghanistan: We've Heard It Before

Sign our act.ly petition to fight back against General Petraeus' pro-war spin: http://act.ly/2as

NBC's David Gregory just interviewed Petraeus on Meet the Press, and he failed to challenge the general when he claimed we were "making progress." We've got to push the other journalists on Petraeus' schedule to expose his true agenda: extending this disastrous war.

General Petraeus is on a media tour to sell the idea that the U.S. military is "making progress" in Afghanistan, a well-worn message aimed at convincing elites to extend this brutal, futile war. If the media fail to ask hard questions, there's a chance he could get what he wants: the freedom to extend an extremely unpopular war that's not making us safer.

CBS' Katie Couric is next in line to talk to Petraeus during his high-profile spin campaign, so we'll start with her. Sign this petition to Couric and push her to ask tough questions about Petraeus' claims of "progress" and his attempt to extend the Afghanistan War.

Sign our act.ly petition to fight back against General Petraeus' pro-war spin: http://act.ly/2as

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[elprincipitooooo]

I agree with this movement, but it is important to protest U.S. imperialism entirely. That means, protesting the Iraq occupation as well. There is no "right" war. People in the US must try to see imperialism from the eyes of the exploited. That means empathizing entirely with the populations of Afghanistan and Iraq, employing solidarity, and letting the voices of the people speak. Civilian deaths in these countries must be the priority. They are the ones suffering U.S. terrorism, not us.

[rethinkafghanistan]

Absolutely. you might be interested in our prior video on the Sangin civilian casualties incident.

[Ron Heringhauser]

Ron Paul said it right: "We marched in we can just march out". All these illegal/immoral wars are based on lies.  All to benefit the military/industrial complex and Wall St. war mongers.

[rethinkafghanistan]

Amen.

[Nightrelic]

I thought the suggested questions for the message writing campaign missed the boat. All of the listed things mean progress to him, but they don't to us. So, I had to come up with my own question. I thought I'd share it here:

"You recently stated we're making progress in Afghanistan. Does this mean you consider the huge increase in violence, civilian killings and growth in the insurgency progress? If this is the case, shouldn't we reevaluate what we consider progress?"

[rethinkafghanistan]

I'm glad you shared it! I'll pass it along to our Facebook group too, if you don't mind.

[Peter Knopfler]

RULES OF WAR HAVE KARMA,"What you do to others, You do to yourself,"

[theautomaster]

The "surge" did not work you little piece of shit. So we have spent $3 trillion without much to show for. Fuck you

[judgerofwars]

petreaus won the war in iraq. the troop surge worked. dumfuck

[judgerofwars]

THAT'S WHAT YOU WAR PROTESTORS SAID DURING THE IRAQ WAR. YOU SAID WE CAN NEVER WIN IN IRAQ. "IRAQ WAR IS LOST"...IN THE END WE WON IRAQ WAR!!! THE TROOP SURGE WORKED!! NOW IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN IN AFGHANISTAN. AGAIN, WE WILL FIND A WAY TO WIN EVENTUALLY. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE U.S. MILITARY!!

[neonn2]

U.S. is making progress, Progress in getting their ass' kicked more and more each year.

[theautomaster]

Why is Petraeus being promoted to CIA chief? This guy sucks. Couldn't get the job done in Iraq or Afganistan.

[Valerie Finnigan]

Spin against spin! Both sides are making me dizzy.

[humnasheen]

i just want to say that we are suffering US terrorism and u Americans are also suffering US Economic terrorism. search what it is :)

[humnasheen]

very well said,thanks for speaking my thoughts :) i hate USA, because i always think that what kind of people r Americans that think it is right to war. But i m happy that there are people like u also which can see the real picture.

[KontrolMachete]

We KNOW this, We READ this and We HEAR this. But yet keep believing their lies... and do nothing about it. LETS PROTEST!!!!