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I get so damned frustrated with the media sometimes, it's an almost physical reaction.

Two days of testimony. Hours in front of those committees, listening to politicians primp and stage themselves.....and the headline I see this morning in the NY Daily News is: Gen. Petraeus: I don't know if Iraq war helps stop terror.

My blood pressure spiked immediately.

Here are the first three paragraphs of the article:

"WASHINGTON - Gen. David Petraeus cast doubt yesterday on President Bush's bedrock argument that the war in Iraq is helping to protect the nation against another terror attack.

The general stunned a packed Senate hearing room when he answered, "Sir, I don't know, actually," to a question from Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) on whether pressing ahead with the war "is making America safer."

Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq, said he was too focused on the war to make a judgment on homeland security." (emp. mine)

See, he tells them that he's a little busy focusing on HIS job, he can't speak with authority about homeland security. But they bury that part of the answer.

I watched most of the proceedings yesterday. Working from the house, I had it on behind me. But you see, I was too busy focusing on MY JOB to hear everything. That's why, mistakenly, I read the headlines to try and get a recap. WTF was I thinking?

To me, this was all a big joke. A colossal waste of the good General's time. And THAT pisses me off.

We are at war. He is in charge of our troops - their mission, their lives, their safety. He didn't need to be wasting 2 days trying to explain the current situation to a bunch of folks that don't really care.

And that is truly what I believe. The majority of people in the House and Senate don't give a rats ass what is REALLY happening in Iraq. They only care about how they can twist and turn every word to their benefit.

We voted these jackals into office. And this is one of those times I can't help but think "You get what you pay for". Liberals banned together and won that one. Conservatives better pull their heads out of otheir asses and put together a solid, common-sense plan when it comes to the Presidential election coming up. Cause if we just roll over again, God help us in the upcoming decades.

We're headin' to hell in a handbasket.

Posted by Tammi at September 12, 2007 05:53 AM | TrackBack