If the conservative talk-show hosts and GOP presidential candidates who got their knickers in a twist over MoveOn’s Petraeus ad really want to make the case for following Bush over the Iraq cliff, they should drop their faux-indignation about whether “Betray Us” was a well-chosen play on words and debate the facts. While the way the ad chose to make its points can be debated, the accuracy of those points cannot. By repeatedly politicizing the military — while militarizing our politics — Bush has betrayed those in uniform, and the country.
September 18, 2007 4:02 AM