> Sam wrote: > BRIT HUME: And so you see this combination of voting for a resolution > to disapprove it and then whooping through unanimously the person who > helped draft it [Petraeus] and whose theory about the war is the one > being put into effect. It's obviously a contradiction. >
That's horribly short-sighted analysis. I would offer this (I'm no expert): * Late last year everyone including Gen Petraeus said a surge was stupid. * Now the generals are saying it's not. That's the real contradiction. Why? Because smart people know that winning starts with the first step and the first step is derived from the art of the possible. Petraeus is going along with Bush because not because he agrees with Bush, but because he wants the job and feels that once he's got it he can make the necessary changes. So, he's willing to play out Bush's stupid plan in order to get into a position to play out his own. Congress, understanding this, is praising Petraeus so that when he inevitably breaks ranks with the President they can say they've always supported him. Bush has failed, it's been known for years, and now the chess pieces are being put in place to remove him from command. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226093 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
