Gen. David Petraeus Answers Some Questions That Needed To Be Asked
H/T to Memeorandum for the following links. Foreign Policy did an interview with General Petraeus in which they asked him seven questions:
His answers are candid. Please take the time to read them.
Presumably, Foreign Policy is an independent, non-partisan and non-ideological outfit so it is worth asking anew whether people like Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Greenwald are at long last willing to retract statements made in the past and to the effect that General Petraeus was and is a tool of “the right-wing noise machine” (or whatever they are calling it these days), simply because in the past, General Petraeus also gave interviews to Hugh Hewitt and FoxNews.
And from Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Dish on the General’s assessment of progress:
“Debated” accountability and justice? Somehow I think that’s not-so-hard.
So, I guess RedState got their answer.
From Poligazette:
He’s positive, but realistic. He’s hopeful but he understands that it could still all fall apart, even though the situation on the ground has improved considerably. When FP asked him “These days when you speak about the surge, you always highlight positive developments but you also appear very cautious.
Cautiously optomistic is where I see the situation. We are in no position to claim victory, but we are getting there. In spite of their best efforts, the Democrats and the media could not turn this into Vietnam!
January 3, 2008 - 01:25 PM on January 3rd, 2008
General Petraeus’ answers are complete, informative, and make sense. If only we had a Presidential candidate who could answer questions so directly and completely.
I don’t find it is necessary to suspend disbelief to accept General Petraeus’ answers. I do find it impossible to believe anything at face value that comes out of the mouth of HilLiary Klinton.