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General Petraeus was on town over the weekend. 

Was he here to get away from the sands of Iraq or prepare for the fire-fight he’s fixin’ to walk into in Washington?

Neither.

Seems family and respect comes first (something I think the left might have a hard time understanding).

From WTVM (Columbus, GA) [09/08/07]:

…today, he was on Fort Benning honoring a group of the Army’s first African-American paratroopers.

General David Petreaus spoke with reverence about the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, also known as the Triple Nickels. The group was formed during a time when much of the Army was still segregated.

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General Petreaus says the true reason for his visit to Fort Benning is to be with his son, Steven, an ROTC cadet at MIT, who has just completed Airborne School at Fort Benning and will graduate Saturday. He was also in attendance at today’s memorial service.

“And tomorrow morning, I’ll have the honor of pinning his grandfather’s jump wings on him at the Airborne graduation ceremony,” Petreaus said as the audience erupted in applause.

As he travels to Washington, I wonder what goes through his mind as he sets out to report to us, via our congress people, the truth of Iraq - knowing that people have already started accusing him of lying?  

Don notes Joe Biden is not hiding his two-faces, or flip-flopping, on Iraq anymore but is right out there in front of God and everybody blatantly doing lip-service to MoveOn.org and its ilk.   Another perfect example of how unstable the liberals are.  They can’t stand for anything but shifting sand.  

I wonder if General Patraus’ butterflies have flack vests?