Letters to the Editor
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"Why?" Because Petraeus is his marionette.
Frontline showed the first half of a terrific documentary tonight, showing how Cheney manipulated us into war, every step of the way. Lies, bogus reports, intimidation, media control.
A long series of generals and admirals have resigned or expressed their opposition after they retired, but there's no chance Petraeus will ever be anything but a lap dog.
An excellent Esquire article, Admiral "Fox" Fallon, forced into retirement a year before his assignment as CentCom commander (Petraeus' boss) would have been over, notes that he never called Petraeus an "ass-kissing little chicken shit." I can't imagine, though, that he didn't mentally agree with it when the widely circulated story surfaced back in September. Fallon prefers diplomacy to sacrificing troops and countless civilians, but Petraeus, like the mad imperialist Cheney, is more than willing to invade Iran.
And let's not forget that Cheney is liable to be back at the helm of Halliburton in a few years.