Democrats Give Petraeus Insulting Reception In Congress
Gen Petraeus was given a tough reception by Tom Lantos, the Democratic chairman of the foreign relations committee, who said: “The administration has sent you here to tell us that victory is at hand. I don’t buy it.
Sure. Accuse him of being a liar before he even utters a word. Why not. It’s not like he hasn’t already been called a traitor by MoveOn.
By the way, Petraeus opened his remarks by noting that while he has communicated information up his “chain of command” (this means to the Pentagon and thus the commander-in-chief) his prepared testimony today was written and prepared by himself, and that nobody else had seen it prior to his disseminating it at the hearing.
But Lantos and other Dems still think he’s a liar, I guess. Which is something they wouldn’t be saying if he were offering a critique of the war more in keeping with their preconceived political notions.













