Saturday, September 15, 2007

MoveOn.Org

Often I find the neo-con attacks on 'defeatist' Democrats a little cringeworthy. However, after MoveOn.Org took out this ad in the New York Times to attack General Patreus they clearly deserved a decent rhetorical kick:


A larger PDF can be found here.

Accusing a serving officer of treachery just for disagreeing with you is absolutely shameful. It is entirely fair for Democrats and the broader American left to question whether the progress that Patreus has shown is significant or sufficient to justify remaining in Iraq. It is absolutely legitimate to question his account of the facts. However, neither of those disagreements requires or in any way justifies an accusation of treachery and making one against an officer with an impeccable service history is a disgusting thing to do. Fortunately, Red State have formulated a superb response:


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My impression is that MoveOn.org is not representative of the Democratic Party, but instead an extreme left (well funded and influential) fringe group.

I'm not sure it's fair to equate MoveOn's views and methods with that of the Democratic Party