Gen. Paetraus will be on the Hill, today, to let us know how things are going in Iraq, and what he expects to happen in the next 6 months and beyond. Funny thing about CNN’s report, how they focus on the presidential candidates being in the “spotlight”.
The emotional debate over the war will once again dominate presidential politics when all three candidates have opportunities to question the top U.S. general in Iraq during congressional hearings Tuesday.
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, and Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the two rivals for the Democratic nomination, will share the spotlight when Army Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the top U.S. diplomat in Iraq, testify.
McCain and Clinton will question Petraeus and Crocker — and possibly advocate their positions on whether U.S. troops should be withdrawn — when they appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday morning. McCain is the committee’s top Republican.
Obama, of Illinois, will have his chance to question Petraeus and Crocker when they appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday afternoon.
Now, I’m sorry, but, I feel the Bush administration has already made a mockery of these hearing, we don’t need these hearings to be turned topsy-turvy for good campaign ink. There’s some serious stuff happening, as a result of our occupation, not to mention the cost to us.
Cernig reminds us that the timing of these hearings are a little less than desirable.
What moron thought that scheduling Petraeus’ testimony anywhere within 2 weeks of the anniversary of the beginning of a long occupation was a good idea?
Who is going to answer any of this?
