20070910 The General Petraeus New York Times Ad

The General Petraeus New York Times Ad

Iraq War Sept. 2007 Petraeus Report

September 10, 2007

http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html

Are the Democrats making a key and critical strategic mistake by appeasing to the positions of MoveOn.org?

General Petraeus or General Betray Us? Cooking the books for the White House

View the ad (PDF):

http://pol.moveon.org/content/pac/pdfs/PetraeusNYTad.pdf

Maryland District 6 Congressman Roscoe Bartlett’s office wrote:

This MoveOn.org ad in today’s New York Times claims General Petraeus is not giving an objective, independent view of the situation on the ground. The ad asserts 'General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House.’”

Meanwhile, in contrast, Michael O’Hanlon of the center-left-leaning Brookings Institution who has been very critical of the Bush Administration’s policies in Iraq and reported in August about the military successes of the surge asserts that General Petraeus is a straight-shooter who doesn’t cook the books.

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NRO (Michael O’Hanlon – Brookings): Petraeus Doesn’t Cook the Books Just the facts.

September 10, 2007 6:00 AM

Petraeus Doesn’t Cook the Books

Just the facts.

By Michael O'Hanlon

For those reading this after watching General David Petraeus’s Monday testimony, I strongly suspect that my main argument will have become apparent to many: General Petraeus is a straight shooter who does not and will not cook the books.

Read the rest here: Petraeus Doesn’t Cook the Books Just the facts.