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To: jlallen who wrote (349926)	9/11/2007 7:44:25 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576881

Petraeus doesn't know if an Iraq victory will make the US safer. Huh? Isn't that what your president has told Americans repeatedly? Speaking of the president, where the hell is Cheney? Selling nukes to Pakistan? Petraeus: 'I Don't Know' if Iraq Victory Will Make U.S. Safer By Spencer Ackerman - September 11, 2007, 3:45 PM In the hearings' most stunning moment so far, Sen. John Warner (R-VA) asked Gen. Petraeus if success in the Iraq war will make America safer. His response -- by far the most surprising moment of the hearings -- was a blunt "I don't know." This is the first time that any general officer, let alone the commanding general in Iraq, has ever equivocated on whether success in Iraq will contribute to U.S. security. By contrast, President Bush describes a victory in Iraq as an epochal achievement for America and a potentially decisive blow to terrorism. For instance: "[The terrorists] know that the success of a free Iraq, who can be a key ally in the war on terror and a symbol of success for others, will be a crushing blow to their strategy to dominate the region, and threaten America and the free world." Video of the exchange to come shortly. tpmmuckraker.com