And, yes, I DO take it personally: MoveOn takes on Petraeus

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Monday, September 10, 2007

MoveOn takes on Petraeus

moveon moves on bush's general...

General Petraeus is a military man constantly at war with the facts. In 2004, just before the election, he said there was “tangible progress“ in Iraq and that “Iraqi leaders are stepping forward.”

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And last week Petraeus, the architect of the escalation of troops in Iraq , said ”We say we have achieved progress, and we are obviously going to do everything we can to build on that progress.”