Tag: Petraeus
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On the weekend–images
(GARETH FULLER, ASSOCIATED PRESS) U.S. Politics Featured in bonfire Festival in England. An effigy of U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, accompanied by presidential candidate Barack Obama, is unveiled by designer Mark Oldroyd ahead of a bonfire night celebration in Battle, England, Saturday Nov. 1. (CHRIS O’MEARA, ASSOCIATED PRESS) U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central…
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SNL's take
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"The joyless Panglossianism of Iraq"
That was Eve Fairbanks describing in The New Republic Gen. David Petraeus at yesterday’s Senate appearance. Ms. Fairbanks was talking about the verbal pantomimic performances of the senators as well as Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, and the, ultimately, meaninglessness of the whole exercise: But of all the posturers, Petraeus and Crocker were the worst.…