Friday, August 31, 2007

Westmoreland Petraeus Sure Says a Lot of Stuff

Yesterday, Republican Congressman Joe Porter claimed General Petraeus:

"...said there would be genocide, gas prices in the U.S. would rise to eight or nine dollars a gallon, al-Qaida would continue its expansion, and Iran would take over that portion of the world if we leave,"


Today:

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently had dinner in Baghdad with Gen. David Petraeus, at which time he expressed concerns that “troops were being pushed to the limit.” Durbin told the Chicago Tribune that “Petraeus concurred,” and will likely tell President Bush about the problem in his report next month. “I expect the general to acknowledge to the president what I said about troop morale and the readiness of the troops to continue this battle at this level,” said Durbin. “He said as much over dinner.”


While these are not exactly mutually exclusive statements, they are pretty close.

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