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2010-03-26 Fifth Column

Petraeus phones IDF chief to reassure him comments spun out of context

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Posted by trailing wife on the other computer 2010-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 comments attributed to him regarding supposed Israeli intransigence were spun out of context.

.....by the administration controlled MSM!

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-26 03:25|| 2010-03-26 03:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh dear. Are the DoD officials to undergo a severe tongue lashing from Secretary of State Clinton, too?

must.resist.cheap.DADT.jab.

/going preemptively to my room

Posted by Frank G 2010-03-26 08:31|| 2010-03-26 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 About that original article in Foreign Policy magazine's website: Max Boot writes

Back on March 13, terrorist groupie Mark Perry a former Arafat aide who now pals around with Hamas and Hezbollah posted an article on Foreign Policys website, claiming that General David Petraeus was behind the administrations policy of getting tough with Israel.

I tried to set the record straight, based on talking to an officer familiar with Petraeuss thinking, that Perrys item was a gross distortion in fact a fraud. I noted that in Petraeuss view, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was only one factor among many affecting U.S. interests in the region and that Israeli settlements were far from the only, or even the main, obstacle to peace. I even suggested again, based on inside information that the 56-page posture statement that Central Command had submitted to Congress, which stated that the Arab-Israeli conflict foments anti-American sentiment, due to a perception of U.S. favoritism for Israel, was not the best indicator of his thinking. Better to look at what he actually told Congress in a hearing he barely mentioned Israel (until prompted to do so) and never talked about settlements at all.

In other words, the original article was straight-forward propaganda, designed to cause problems between Israel and the U.S.

Posted by trailing wife on the other computer 2010-03-26 09:18|| 2010-03-26 09:18|| Front Page Top

#4 In other words, the original article was straight-forward propaganda, designed to cause problems between Israel and the U.S.
Posted by trailing wife on the other computer

Yes! "Designed to cause problems for Israel" as well as discredit Petraeus. A 'win-win' for the administration. I don't know who runs Barry's psywar campaign, but it is effective.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-26 09:37|| 2010-03-26 09:37|| Front Page Top

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