Sen Bob Menendez: Gen Petraeus Iraq Surge Hearing (He was GREAT!)

[gateley]

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I didn't know who he was -- I've become a fan.

[lyonspotter]

1. MAJOR FAN!

They were stumped, dumbfounded.

I love it.

Now, when can things change?

[gateley]

2. Now THAT's the REAL question, isn't it?

I like to think that each of these little steps is part of the change -- we're getting there.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

26. and he is a major Hillary supporter

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Do you dispute these figures, Ambassador?

Poor Crocker couldn't say yes or no.

Very impressive questioning.

[KSinTX]

4. Sweet! He hit all the high notes n/t

[Muttocracy]

5. Did an excellent job. nt

[Muttocracy]

6. And can you believe Crocker brings up POLLS to prove progress?

What the hell?

I heard this the other day but missed until now that Menendez heads the foreign aid subcomittee

http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/subcommittee.html

I wonder if Crocker knew that.

Also liked it when Biden pretty much said, feel free to submit your own data if you dispute his figures.

[samsingh]

7. kick

[whistle]

8. That look on Patreaus's face near the end as Sen. Menendez laid out

...the realities of failure in Iraq was worth the 10 minutes of watching Amb. Crocker hum and hah and uuh...uuh...uuh every answer he gave to the Senator's questions. Just great!

[Divine Discontent]

10. exactly! that look was noticed by myself also!

and those uh uh uh uh uh uh's got painful after a few minutes when he wasn't providing anything between them of substance.

[99th_Monkey]

12. The Patraeus "look" reminded me of a dog caught in the act of pooping on the carpet.

[whistle]

19. I can forgive a dog, but a General lying for a bullshit president or fired

...every other General for NOT lying about the bullshit war is not forgivable

[defendandprotect]

21. What I saw on Patreaus's face was hatred . . .

[Divine Discontent]

9. worthy of 11 minutes of my life - that was great...

more people who are on the bubble, or heck, who support this war (they're few and far between, but I know some!) should pay attention these great points - but most refuse to discuss it as taking away focus from the 'murderous muslims' who are out to destroy our country.


yawn... those types were few and far between before the Iraq invasion - now they're growing in numbers because we stay...

dumbass people...

[Plucketeer]

11. I loved every grille-some point he laid out........

.........I only wish the decorum wouldn't inhibit him from using four-letter words to call these stinking deeds just exactly what they are and tell this trinket-laden general and this wanna-be AmbASSador just how intelligent people percieve what they do and how they defend it! :grr:

[defendandprotect]

22. ...but how do honest people reign in violent people who have charge of our government--??

[puebloknot]

13. And Ambassador Crock-er (appropriate name) can barely take his eyes...

...of the table in front of him. Not exactly body language to inspire confidence.

[Enthusiast]

14. The entire Iraq thing continues

because we don't want to humiliate George W Bush. We don't want to saddle his legacy with an Iraq War failure so we MUST pass it on to a future president we can point to and say "failure". It really is as simple as that.

[Vilis Veritas]

24. Obama as the fall guy...

Interesting...and who is we? Me? No fucking way. This is pure BFEE garbage. lil'Bush is being protected by his big bad daddy who runs the shadow government...

Thank you, thank you very much...Elvis has left the building...

Man, I have had way to much Tequila...l8r...

[Enthusiast]

27. The "we" are those in control of

the shadow government. Myself, I'm all for public execution for war criminals and traitors.

[Vilis Veritas]

28. Right there with ya...

Sorry for my silly post...

:hangover:

[greiner3]

15. Menendez for President! n/t

[Gonnuts]

16. All except one BIG thing ...

The continued posturing of bringing up Iran as the main culprit in aiding so-called insurgents as opposed to Saudi Arabia, which NEVER gets mentioned and IS the main culprit feeds right into the neo-cons wish to attack Iran and if we, and these seemingly naive politicians can't see that we're in big trouble.

[puebloknot]

20. I noticed that, too, when Menendez was speaking. Troublesome, to say the least. nt

[Crowman1979]

17. Does Crocker have some sort of speech impediment?

The uhhhh situation in Iraq uuuhhhhh is definitely uuuhhhh being handled uuuhhhhh differently. WTF?!?! Does anyone else notice this?

[Hulk]

18. Nice job by Sen. Menendez. ...and Crocker is a bumbling idiot.

ome....ome.....um, um...doh, ah.....well.....

Stop the killing, stop the nightmare, get our troops OUT OF IRAQ NOW!!!!

[defendandprotect]

23. That's my Senator --- also Lautenberg who's aging and the GOP is after him ....

[AlinPA]

25. The stupid, blind media covered Clinton, McCain and Obama for the

evening news; everything else was ignored. Sorry to say that Menendez appeared to me to be more clear and more effective than the others.