Rep. Wexler: Gen. Petraeus testimony eerily similar to Westmoreland and Vietnam

[cal04]

Wexler: I am skeptical General, more importantly the American people are skeptical because four years ago very credible people while in uniform and not in uniform came before this Congress and sold us a bill of goods that turned out to be false. And that’s why we went to war based on false pretense to begin with.

This testimony today is eerily similar to the testimony the American people heard on April twenty eighth nineteen sixty seven from General William Westmoreland, when he told the American people–America was making progress in Vietnam.

Rough transcript below the fold.




http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/09/10/rep-wexler-gen-petraeus-testimony-eerily-similar-to-westmoreland-and-vietnam/

[seemslikeadream]

1. He was excellent today

[gateley]

2. Man, he was great!

I'd never heard of him. ON C&L's site there was also stunning questioning of Petraeus by Congressman Ackerman and a scathing statement by Congressman Lantos. These are the soundbites we need to be hearing on the news.

Thanks for this!

[tabasco]

3. How sad that the Nation got sucked into another illegal, bloody quagmire

for corporate profits.

[bridgit]

4. sure, the 'shot in the back of head/shot in front of head' body count game...

is positively ghoulish too

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. Body counts. Light at the end of the tunnel. The more things change, the more they

stay the same.