Liberals Should Cease And Desist Attacks On General Petreus And Troops

Schumer Bashes Troops, Blames U.S. (listen here)

Gen. Petraeus has just made his long-awaited presentation to Congress on progress on the war in Iraq. As the Gen. stated in his letter to the troops, "we have achieved tactical momentum and wrested the initiative from our enemies in a number of areas of Iraq." However, "we are ... a long way from the goal line." The picture he paints is not bleak but it is not rosy either. Unfortunately, many liberals have taken to harsh, personal attacks on Petraeus. Read Petraeus' letter to the military (.pdf)

MoveOn.org and "General Betray Us"
For example, MoveOn.org is calling him Gen. "Betray Us." MoveON's Eli Pariser said,"If you have a general who is being willfully misleading to the public and the Congress about the state of a military endeavor, that's a big problem." Tom Englehardt of the Nation Institute called Patraeus "the Paris Hilton of generals" and "a vain media darling with almost no credibility." In response, Sen. Cornyn has introduced a resolution condemning MoveOn.org's statements.

Schumer says Iraq success "despite the surge"
MoveOn.org is not alone. Some liberals in Congress have used this occasion as an opportunity to undermine our troops.

Perhaps most outrageous of all were comments last week from Sen. Schumer, who said the violence in Iraq went down "despite the surge," and elaborated by saying it was "the inability of American soldiers" that caused warlords to take matters into their own hands.

Of course, these comments were not covered by the mainstream media. No mention in New York Times. So I wanted to give you the audio and transcript.