I made this point on Hugh Hewitt’s show last night: President Obama’s selection of General Petraeus to oversee our mission in Afghanistan –coupled with Petraeus’s speedy and overwhelming confirmation by a Democrat-controlled Senate — is dispositive evidence that his leadership in Iraq was nothing short of exemplary, and the strategy he employed was successful. Just three years ago, the notion of an unanimous vote of confidence for Petraeus seemed unfathomable. Today it is reality.
How did we get here?
2007: Senator Obama boldly predicts the Petraeus-led troop surge in Iraq will not only fail; it will exacerbate the sectarian violence.
2008: Candidate Obama tells ABC News that despite overwhelming evidence of the surge’s progress, he wasn’t wrong to oppose it, and would vote ‘no’ again — even in retrospect.
2009: President Obama announces a troop surge in Afghanistan.
Last week: President Obama nominates Gen. Petraeus as top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Today: The heavily Democratic US Senate confirms Gen. Petraeus by a vote of 99-0.
Don't hold your breath on the Democrats extending political vindication to Bush for his determination to see the Iraq "contingency plan" succeed in the face of naysayers such as Reid, Hillary! and Barry. And if things don't turn around quickly, Petraeus will find himself under the wheels of Barry's bus as he points fingers and pulls out to placate his left.
Don't hold your breath on the Democrats extending political vindication to Bush for his determination to see the Iraq "contingency plan" succeed in the face of naysayers such as Reid, Hillary! and Barry. And if things don't turn around quickly, Petraeus will find himself under the wheels of Barry's bus as he points fingers and pulls out to placate his left.
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