Petraeus goes on far-right wing radio show, props up the GOP, how can we trust him?

[Thorgrim]

Conservative libertarian Andrew Sullivan:

The notion that Hewitt is equatable with Stephanopoulos, Russert or Matthews is absurd. Hewitt is not a former pol; he is a current pol. He is a key advocate of one major Republican candidate and he is the author of books urging the creation of a one-party state in America, the GOP. He has no interest whatever in the truth, only propaganda. Any listener to his show will be in no doubt about this. Here are two of his "questions" to Petraeus:

Some of the arguments about Iraq in the United States argue that it’s possible for American troops to withdraw to their bases and just strike at al Qaeda, sort of an Anbar only option, I guess. Does that make any sense to you at all, General Petraeus?

You know, that…in the forward to that manual that you wrote with General Amos, it said you needed a flexible, adaptive force led by agile, well-informed, culturally astute leaders. You’re just describing that kind of a force. Is it increasing in its lethality and effectiveness on an exponential basis, General?

One of his responses to a Petraeus set-up answer was simply: "wow." He is as much a propagandist as Michael Moore but much, much more partisan than Moore. For Petraeus to allow himself to be used in this way is a serious failure of judgment. And used he was. Just look how Hewitt coopted the military leadership for the Bush-Cheney narrative. This is pure Weimar: stab-in-the-back reactionaries trying to coopt the military for an agenda of one-party rule in defense of the homeland. Petraeus will regret his misjudgment. For him to aid, abet and ally himself with such a vicious and extreme partisan can only serve to undermine his critical presentation in September.

The Daily Dish

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Hugh Hewitt

Hugh Hewitt, aforementioned far-right winger, uses the interview to "contradict [any] assertions that the surge has failed"

How can someone give an honest report in September when they are on far-right winger radio painting sunny pictures of the surge...obviously we can see how he is going to play his cards, he is going to come to DC and make things as rosey as possible...he is the next Powell...supposedly unbias but believes he is doing the right thing so ends up looking like a fool and getting more Americans killed

[motivez]

Well, we already knew that he would have to find some small success in September to highlight and avoid the reality of the situation if he wanted to keep his job and not be replaced... this just shows us concrete proof that we can't trust him to be impartial and provide real information.

Though, I believe it wont be long before we begin seeing "September" pushed back into some other month further away, like maybe November or so..

I suspect we'll see something in Sept that essentially says "yeah, things are great, but it's too early to tell if it's a fluke, we need a few more months!"