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The pun "General Betray Us" did not originate with MoveOn.org
I first heard about this play on Petraeus's name about a month ago, before he came to Washington to give his "report" and before MoveOn.org took out its ad. The reference was to the fact that a lot of people in the Pentagon were getting mightily ticked off at Petraeus for towing Bush's line and not standing up for the welfare of the troops. THEY were the ones alluding to him contemptuously as "General Betray Us" and the people he was alleged to be betraying were our troops and those in the military establishment who are trying to preserve the Army and keep it from being totally broken by Bush.