Sen. Obama comforts Gen. Petraeus?

Today I found out from the speech of Sen. Obama that Pres. Bush had put the war into the hands of Gen. Petraeus. I thought I understood the hooblah regarding Gen. Petraeus’ dealings with the Iraq war but not from the angle I heard Sen. Obama articulate. This gives even more credence to the angry uproar of MoveOn.org over the talks Gen. Petraeus was having with President Bush before he was to testify before congress a few months ago. It appeared to have been a ceremonial role reversal between President Bush and General Petraeus. What a mean thing for Pres. Bush to have done. Talking ’bout passing the buck. The word coward comes to mind.

And so it is with this little bit of learnin’ I now understand what Sen. McCain is saying regarding “The surge is working”. If the surge is working, that would mean Gen. Petraeus is doing a good job and should continue conducting the war the way he see fit; the way of “The surge is working”, and if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Yesterday, Sen. Obama told Gen. Petraeus “Thank you but no thanks. When I am President, I will conduct the war. You will follow my lead and not the other way around.” I am sure he said this to a much relieved Gen. Petraeus whom, I hope, is not looking forward to Sen. McCain becoming President thereby keeping him under this pressure. If I were the press, I would not push Gen. Petraeus too hard on this issues. It’s that thing about Pandora’s Box.

This is what is pissing off Sen. McCain, his surrogates and other war mongers. If Sen. Obama admits the surge is working, the logic for them is Gen. Petraeus should remain in charge and Sen. Obama should listen to him. Apparently they want Sen. Obama to think in the circular terms of the chicken and egg scenario and he refuses to do so. His logic takes other directions. Thank God!
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. (Before I forget it I want to say the air in the Middle East does not appear to agree with Andrea Mitchell. I have never seen her so….so…uh…so grumpy. Yeah! That’s it! That’s the word. Uh….grumpy.)

P.P.S. Dig this cartoon on TruthOut.com. Just saw it when getting ready to post and have not yet read the article.
Cost of Loan Bailout, if Needed, Could Be $25 Billion
by: David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times
http://www.truthout.org/
P.P.P.S.
Just saw this dairy and decided to add it to my P.S. list. I have gotten so noisy in my house and I noticed when I got my mail today my immediate next door neighbor has a “For Sale” sign out. I hope it is for another reason than my early morning outburst reading diaries like the following. There are times I become completely hysterical with laughter in here and I have one of those big , booming Black voices. The diarist concludes without noting Andrea maybe excited seeing Sen. Obama from a distance and all those beautiful A-rab boys runnin' 'round and has to remind herself she is married to Allan. Maybe that explains why she is so....uh...gumpy. She should reflect on the fact Greta kept her cool while in Aruba and also did good unbiased reporting.
“And one more thing, Andrea. A woman who represents a television network's news organization should not go braless in front of the cameras (about 50 seconds in, at the press conference). I could have lived for the rest of my life without seeing your hardened nipples poking through your top. That breeze must have been a bit chilly! Next time, bring a sweater, okay?”
Andrea Mitchell Greenspan: Worst Person in the World?
by abrauer
Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 10:31:16 PM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/23/04736/8593/824/555485