Politics vs Military

Today begins a series of hearings where General David Petraeus will give his first hand account of what is happening in Iraq.

Without even waiting to hear what he has to say, several left wingers are already calling him "dead wrong" (Joe Biden) and even "a liar" (moveon.org).

Joe Biden is a senator from possibly the smallest state in the country. He is a life long politician except for a brief stint as a lawyer (you decide which is worse). He has no military experience. I've tried to find out just how many hours he's spent in Iraq, but haven't been able to lock that down. Let's be generous and say . . . 48 hours. Naturally, most of that was spent eating, sleeping, and simply wasting time.

I won't waste time discussing moveon.org

General David Petraeus graduated from West Point in 1974 and began his military career. He has several degrees including a PHD. He commanded the 101st Airborne Division during the drive to Baghdad and made significant progress in his area of operations in a post war environment. In 2007, the US Senate voted 81 - 0 to confirm him as Commander of Multi-National forces in Iraq.

Now Biden, moveon.org and other liberals presume to try to convince the American people that General Petraeus shouldn't be listened to. Biden thinks he knows more about the situation on the ground in Iraq than General Petraeus does. Moveon.org wants us to believe that they have credibility but General Petraeus doesn't.

Both situations are laughable . . . . . and sickening.

Biden knows how to feed at the public trough. He knows how to lie to voters and get away with it. He knows how to garnish pork for his state. He knows absolutely nothing about military affairs.

General Petraeus is an American Military Man. He has made the military his career. Rather than living off the nation, as Biden has always done, General Petraeus has served the nation for the past 30 years.

So, the choice is to believe an aging, career bottom feeder like Biden, or a hysterical bunch of loons like moveon.org, or to believe the experienced and qualified man that congress assigned to do this job.

First Congress sent our troops to war and them abandoned them. Then they sent General Petraeus to assess the situation, and now they'll betray him as well.

That is the democratic controlled congress!