Soltz: Petraeus not knowing if Iraq strategy is making us safer shows Bush "is hiding behind General Petraeus"

Published: September 11, 2007, 6:03 pm

Tags: iraq, general petraeus, george bush, jon soltz

Jon Soltz from VoteVets weighs in on the "stunning admission" from General Petraeus that he doesn't know if Bush's Iraq strategy is making us safer. The transcript and video of that testimony from Petraeus are in a post below: This exchange verifies the argument VoteVets.org has been making, that General Petraeus' job is not to take those things into account, and therefore the President is hiding behind General Petraeus.Let me explain.General Petraeus was given an order -- find a military solution for Iraq where there is none, and without concern for troop overextension or the larger war on terror. General Petraeus followed his orders, giving the president what he wanted to hear, and now the president will hide behind that to justify his failure as a commander in chief.General Petraeus has a very limited area of concern -- the US military in Iraq -- and his testimony today reflected that.When one looks at the grander scale, past just the military in Iraq, the picture is dismal, and

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