Petraeus on Fox News

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zappasguitar

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Here's what the General had to say about waterboarding...

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.co...en-petraeus-we-violated-the-g.php?ref=reccafe

MacCallum: So is sending this signal that we're not going to use these kind of techniques anymore, what kind of impact does this have on people who do us harm in the field that you operate in?

Gen. Petraeus: Well, actually what I would ask is, does that not take away from our enemies a tool which again have beaten us around the head and shoulders in the court of public opinion? When we have taken steps that have violated the Geneva Conventions, we rightly have been criticized, so as we move forward I think it's important to again live our values, to live the agreements that we have made in the international justice arena and to practice those.
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Here's what the General had to say about waterboarding...

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.co...en-petraeus-we-violated-the-g.php?ref=reccafe

MacCallum: So is sending this signal that we're not going to use these kind of techniques anymore, what kind of impact does this have on people who do us harm in the field that you operate in?

Gen. Petraeus: Well, actually what I would ask is, does that not take away from our enemies a tool which again have beaten us around the head and shoulders in the court of public opinion? When we have taken steps that have violated the Geneva Conventions, we rightly have been criticized, so as we move forward I think it's important to again live our values, to live the agreements that we have made in the international justice arena and to practice those.
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LOL Patraeus just handed Fox news a shit sandwich! LOL I bet their next report on him has something to do with his being a card carrying communist.
 
Mottleydude said:
LOL Patraeus just handed Fox news a shit sandwich! LOL I bet their next report on him has something to do with his being a card carrying communist.
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LOL Yeah or how he did not really earn a medal or some other swiftboat tactic.

I wonder if Rush will touch this one, considering he is on Armed Forces Radio?
 
SmarterThanYou said:
so you knowing where a person graduated makes you intelligent somehow? :rolleyes:
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not in and of itself....

however, your NOT knowing is indicative of some holes in YOUR blanket of knowledge.

not knowing the difference between a marine uniform and an army uniform is another.
 
maineman said:
not knowing the difference between a marine uniform and an army uniform is another.
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having been a marine, I certainly know the difference, which also should have keyed you in when I said I didn't watch fox news, therefore never having seen Petraeus, just heard his name, one could logically conclude not knowing which branch he was in.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
having been a marine, I certainly know the difference, which also should have keyed you in when I said I didn't watch fox news, therefore never having seen Petraeus, just heard his name, one could logically conclude not knowing which branch he was in.
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as if General Petraeus has only ever apeared on Fox news:rolleyes:
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Here's what the General had to say about waterboarding...

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.co...en-petraeus-we-violated-the-g.php?ref=reccafe

MacCallum: So is sending this signal that we're not going to use these kind of techniques anymore, what kind of impact does this have on people who do us harm in the field that you operate in?

Gen. Petraeus: Well, actually what I would ask is, does that not take away from our enemies a tool which again have beaten us around the head and shoulders in the court of public opinion? When we have taken steps that have violated the Geneva Conventions, we rightly have been criticized, so as we move forward I think it's important to again live our values, to live the agreements that we have made in the international justice arena and to practice those.
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NO HERE IS WHAT HE SAID:

MacCallum: (Ticking time bomb scenario)

Gen. Petraeus: ....T here might be an exception and that would require extraordinary but very rapid approval to deal with,

In other words exactly what transpired against the detainees that is was used on.
 
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