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	<title>Comments on: Petraeus Deserves Our Thanks – Not Hateful Protests</title>
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		<title>By: Eastariel Noneofyo-bizniss</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eastariel Noneofyo-bizniss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ VIEWS FROM A FEATHER ON THE LEFT WING-TIP ~

Mr. Torosian-the-sales-man, may I remind you what PR stands for? PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. And you don&#039;t know anything about it. So get your tick-lets out of the temple, moneychanger!



Professor Petraeus isn&#039;t for sale, you vulture! Take your empty cup elsewhere. Stay away from him while he&#039;s trying to navigate safely away from back-stabbing vultures looking to $cha-ching$ over the wounded victims of brute&#039;s.


I&#039;m a life-long pacifist. Professor Petraeus is the most effective peacemaker I&#039;ve ever known of. If you have a problem with him saying NO to every salesman that invades his doorway, take it up with me, The Bodyguard. I&#039;ll be happy to hear your sales pitch so I can make sure your PR agency fires the tick at the top.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>~ VIEWS FROM A FEATHER ON THE LEFT WING-TIP ~</p>
<p>Mr. Torosian-the-sales-man, may I remind you what PR stands for? PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. And you don&#8217;t know anything about it. So get your tick-lets out of the temple, moneychanger!</p>
<p>Professor Petraeus isn&#8217;t for sale, you vulture! Take your empty cup elsewhere. Stay away from him while he&#8217;s trying to navigate safely away from back-stabbing vultures looking to $cha-ching$ over the wounded victims of brute&#8217;s.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a life-long pacifist. Professor Petraeus is the most effective peacemaker I&#8217;ve ever known of. If you have a problem with him saying NO to every salesman that invades his doorway, take it up with me, The Bodyguard. I&#8217;ll be happy to hear your sales pitch so I can make sure your PR agency fires the tick at the top.</p>
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		<title>By: Drakken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Drakken]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 03:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difference between Vietnam and Iraq is to vast to compare, the bottom line is that you can rent an arab for a little while, but you can never buy his loyalty, especially if your an infidel.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The difference between Vietnam and Iraq is to vast to compare, the bottom line is that you can rent an arab for a little while, but you can never buy his loyalty, especially if your an infidel.</p>
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		<title>By: JCS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 22:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prepare for dhimmitude. It looks good on you and you&#039;ll love it if you don&#039;t convert to Islam anyway.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prepare for dhimmitude. It looks good on you and you&#8217;ll love it if you don&#8217;t convert to Islam anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think you hit the nail: I expect more from top military leadership. Petraeus was too focused on building his presidential resume. A real media hog. My dad was a WWII vet and knew the military people running the war were not perfect, but he had deep respect for them. They concentrated on what taxpayers were paying them for - running a war to win it. I agree - it&#039;s the boots-on-the-ground people who matter to me.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you hit the nail: I expect more from top military leadership. Petraeus was too focused on building his presidential resume. A real media hog. My dad was a WWII vet and knew the military people running the war were not perfect, but he had deep respect for them. They concentrated on what taxpayers were paying them for &#8211; running a war to win it. I agree &#8211; it&#8217;s the boots-on-the-ground people who matter to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Timber</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timber]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Petraeus , one of the few military leaders who did bring in the right strategies and tactics in a war we should not have been in. This was a war of counter insurgency and it was fought poorly , with not enough troops, equipment or money. Petraeus , Gates and others rescued our stalemate ooppps victory in Iraq from leaders whose incorrect strategies almost condemned us to failure as is happening with Afghanistan. This country wins battles due to its brave soldiers but is 0 - 1 - 4 since WWII for wars due to its poor leaders military and political.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Petraeus , one of the few military leaders who did bring in the right strategies and tactics in a war we should not have been in. This was a war of counter insurgency and it was fought poorly , with not enough troops, equipment or money. Petraeus , Gates and others rescued our stalemate ooppps victory in Iraq from leaders whose incorrect strategies almost condemned us to failure as is happening with Afghanistan. This country wins battles due to its brave soldiers but is 0 &#8211; 1 &#8211; 4 since WWII for wars due to its poor leaders military and political.</p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[joe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once believed as you did about Petraeus being a potential presidential candidate a long time ago. I even recall being angered when the Left branded him &quot;Betray Us&quot;. But he cozied up to Obama and I lost confidence in him - doubted his integrity and character. I get the same sense of disappointment with every Republican who cozies up to obama - like Graham, McCain, Boehner and McConnell (and really far too many others). I guess I&#039;m just generally disappointed and disillusioned in my very old age. But I expect more from our 3 &amp; 4 star Generals. Something negatively transformative happens to them when they rub elbows with our career politicians. It&#039;s just a depressing, stinking mess. God bless the preponderance of good folks in the military who go unrecognized yet shoulder the burden of defending the Constitution, the Republic. Thanks so much for your comment.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I once believed as you did about Petraeus being a potential presidential candidate a long time ago. I even recall being angered when the Left branded him &#8220;Betray Us&#8221;. But he cozied up to Obama and I lost confidence in him &#8211; doubted his integrity and character. I get the same sense of disappointment with every Republican who cozies up to obama &#8211; like Graham, McCain, Boehner and McConnell (and really far too many others). I guess I&#8217;m just generally disappointed and disillusioned in my very old age. But I expect more from our 3 &amp; 4 star Generals. Something negatively transformative happens to them when they rub elbows with our career politicians. It&#8217;s just a depressing, stinking mess. God bless the preponderance of good folks in the military who go unrecognized yet shoulder the burden of defending the Constitution, the Republic. Thanks so much for your comment.</p>
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		<title>By: Justsayit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justsayit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If only he could keep in sexually appetite in order. Shame on you for being a poor role model in front of your troops. They are the heros.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If only he could keep in sexually appetite in order. Shame on you for being a poor role model in front of your troops. They are the heros.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the South was victorious over the North in the Civil War.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the South was victorious over the North in the Civil War.</p>
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		<title>By: Steeloak</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steeloak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Qaeda crushed, stable government, military rebuilt, country being rebuilt after 30 years of Saddam&#039;s devastation - I&#039;d call that a victory.  That is what Bush left to Obama. Obama has thrown all that away and the country is descending again into chaos because we abandoned them to their enemies.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Al Qaeda crushed, stable government, military rebuilt, country being rebuilt after 30 years of Saddam&#8217;s devastation &#8211; I&#8217;d call that a victory.  That is what Bush left to Obama. Obama has thrown all that away and the country is descending again into chaos because we abandoned them to their enemies.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having once thought Petraeus would be a dynamic president, I began to really study him. When I realized who is was - and is - I was disappointed but wiser. First and foremost, he is a political animal. In spite of his denials, he was planning to be president with the backing and support of John McCain and others, even some Democrats.


 He was still on that path when he went to the CIA. Obama owed Petraeus. When O. fired the hot dog McChrystal, Petraeus took a demotion from central command commander to take over the Afghan War. When he retired from the Arm, there were already rumblings in D.C. of his affair in Afghanistan with his so-called biographer. If Obama had feared him as competition, as many believed, he had plenty to have him court martialed, but that would have made Obama look bad to ditch his famous general shortly before his presidential election campaign was set to kick off. He kicked Panetta from the CIA  to the Sec. of Defense job, which he did not want, and made sure the Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed Petraeus for the CIA. He was not properly vetted. He did have enough judgment not to bang the CIA help (as far as we know), but he was still carrying on with his 20-years-younger biographer, who was married and the mother of two small kids. He got caught and many think he did &quot;the honorable thing&quot; to resign. James Clapper told him he needed to. I don&#039;t think Petraeus ever did an honorable thing - not unless there were cameras and microphones on hand. He was gifted at staging &quot;honorable.&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having once thought Petraeus would be a dynamic president, I began to really study him. When I realized who is was &#8211; and is &#8211; I was disappointed but wiser. First and foremost, he is a political animal. In spite of his denials, he was planning to be president with the backing and support of John McCain and others, even some Democrats.</p>
<p> He was still on that path when he went to the CIA. Obama owed Petraeus. When O. fired the hot dog McChrystal, Petraeus took a demotion from central command commander to take over the Afghan War. When he retired from the Arm, there were already rumblings in D.C. of his affair in Afghanistan with his so-called biographer. If Obama had feared him as competition, as many believed, he had plenty to have him court martialed, but that would have made Obama look bad to ditch his famous general shortly before his presidential election campaign was set to kick off. He kicked Panetta from the CIA  to the Sec. of Defense job, which he did not want, and made sure the Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed Petraeus for the CIA. He was not properly vetted. He did have enough judgment not to bang the CIA help (as far as we know), but he was still carrying on with his 20-years-younger biographer, who was married and the mother of two small kids. He got caught and many think he did &#8220;the honorable thing&#8221; to resign. James Clapper told him he needed to. I don&#8217;t think Petraeus ever did an honorable thing &#8211; not unless there were cameras and microphones on hand. He was gifted at staging &#8220;honorable.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What end to the war? You are remaking history to suit your argument. At least go to Wikipedia and look up &quot;Iraq War&quot; to get some facts. Petraeus was barely back in the states to start his party days on taxpayer dollars with the whores in Tampa before the fighting started again. Don&#039;t rely on what I say. Look it up. Do your homework before you make statements that have no validity.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What end to the war? You are remaking history to suit your argument. At least go to Wikipedia and look up &#8220;Iraq War&#8221; to get some facts. Petraeus was barely back in the states to start his party days on taxpayer dollars with the whores in Tampa before the fighting started again. Don&#8217;t rely on what I say. Look it up. Do your homework before you make statements that have no validity.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How&#039;s that? I make my points based on observation and a lot of study of David Petraeus. What are your sources of finding him to be such a hero? Is it Rush or O&#039;Reilly?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How&#8217;s that? I make my points based on observation and a lot of study of David Petraeus. What are your sources of finding him to be such a hero? Is it Rush or O&#8217;Reilly?</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We won the Iraq war? How do you figure that? Even the top U.S. military leadership and most neocons won&#039;t go there. The war has never ceased.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We won the Iraq war? How do you figure that? Even the top U.S. military leadership and most neocons won&#8217;t go there. The war has never ceased.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What victory? Look up that word. Even Petraeus cautioned against the word &quot;win&quot; in both Iraq and Afghanistan. That&#039;s the one honorable thing he did.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What victory? Look up that word. Even Petraeus cautioned against the word &#8220;win&#8221; in both Iraq and Afghanistan. That&#8217;s the one honorable thing he did.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can I say? You&#039;re well-informed by Fox News. What more does the well-educated, well-versed, well-balanced, intellectually curious man need in life except to love what he believes? You&#039;re a real patriot. An honest-to-goodness, red-blooded American male. You&#039;re just what we all aspire to be.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What can I say? You&#8217;re well-informed by Fox News. What more does the well-educated, well-versed, well-balanced, intellectually curious man need in life except to love what he believes? You&#8217;re a real patriot. An honest-to-goodness, red-blooded American male. You&#8217;re just what we all aspire to be.</p>
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		<title>By: CowboyUp</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CowboyUp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sunnis and the Kurds. Iraq was rebuilding and growing until Obama came in office and now they&#039;re self destructing and becoming a Mahdi and aq playground again.   Obama owns it. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Sunnis and the Kurds. Iraq was rebuilding and growing until Obama came in office and now they&#8217;re self destructing and becoming a Mahdi and aq playground again.   Obama owns it. </p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[joe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 12:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have absolutely no doubt that Petraeus is a brilliant man and has all the capability to be an effective general. But the truth is you cannot be a general or an admiral, get into bed with obama, and emerge without a disease. The trail of failed military leaders who have carried the banner for obama is a testament to this. Seems like all of them are required to cast off the moral convictions that gird our Republic in order to pin on that fourth star. I feel badly for Petraeus, but he really brought it on himself. A &quot;good&quot; general would tell obama to stick his &quot;one world order&quot; where the sun doesn&#039;t shine. As a conclusion to his career, Petraeus crawled for obama rather than stand up for our Republic. And banging the help in the CIA is not the best final flourish.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have absolutely no doubt that Petraeus is a brilliant man and has all the capability to be an effective general. But the truth is you cannot be a general or an admiral, get into bed with obama, and emerge without a disease. The trail of failed military leaders who have carried the banner for obama is a testament to this. Seems like all of them are required to cast off the moral convictions that gird our Republic in order to pin on that fourth star. I feel badly for Petraeus, but he really brought it on himself. A &#8220;good&#8221; general would tell obama to stick his &#8220;one world order&#8221; where the sun doesn&#8217;t shine. As a conclusion to his career, Petraeus crawled for obama rather than stand up for our Republic. And banging the help in the CIA is not the best final flourish.</p>
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		<title>By: Rumionemore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumionemore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you read a newspaper or blog, or you watch credible TV programs (documentaries - not &quot;shout&quot; shows), the evidence is there. Many wealthier people left the country before the war began or in its early stages. Left behind have been hundreds of thousands of orphans, poverty-stricken and disabled people, and rubble that was once their home. Yes, we employed contractors to rebuild. This, and their contributions to elected officials supporting them and the war, have been the real winners. Many of those buildings can&#039;t be occupied, or they have been destroyed. 


You can&#039;t compare Japan and Germany to Iraq. People of those countries had established economies prior to the war and had relatively high educational levels. Also, the U.S. helped them rebuild, and because they did not have a long-running internal war and culture clashes, they have done extraordinarily well.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you read a newspaper or blog, or you watch credible TV programs (documentaries &#8211; not &#8220;shout&#8221; shows), the evidence is there. Many wealthier people left the country before the war began or in its early stages. Left behind have been hundreds of thousands of orphans, poverty-stricken and disabled people, and rubble that was once their home. Yes, we employed contractors to rebuild. This, and their contributions to elected officials supporting them and the war, have been the real winners. Many of those buildings can&#8217;t be occupied, or they have been destroyed. </p>
<p>You can&#8217;t compare Japan and Germany to Iraq. People of those countries had established economies prior to the war and had relatively high educational levels. Also, the U.S. helped them rebuild, and because they did not have a long-running internal war and culture clashes, they have done extraordinarily well.</p>
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		<title>By: Tea Time</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/ronn-torossian/petraeus-deserves-our-thanks-not-hateful-protests/comment-page-1/#comment-5280347</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tea Time]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 07:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;The AQ fighters threatened ... their place at the top of the local food chain&quot;

That is a defensible argument.

&quot;They wanted to be the one to decide which women to rape,&quot;
I am not sure this argument can be born out by the facts. Have Sunni sheiks wantonly raped Sunni women in Anbar? I think that would be a good way to undermine one&#039;s authority. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The AQ fighters threatened &#8230; their place at the top of the local food chain&#8221;</p>
<p>That is a defensible argument.</p>
<p>&#8220;They wanted to be the one to decide which women to rape,&#8221;<br />
I am not sure this argument can be born out by the facts. Have Sunni sheiks wantonly raped Sunni women in Anbar? I think that would be a good way to undermine one&#8217;s authority. </p>
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		<title>By: 4infidels</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[4infidels]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#039;t possibly read my comments and think I&#039;m a lefty? Am I allowed to oppose Obama, and also not think to much of Petraeus? 


Or does disliking Obama require me to pretend Petraeus was a heroic warrior, committed patriot and brilliant strategist? He was none of the above. He was all about Patraeus. Great leaders are about the best interests of their nation and their troops.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can&#8217;t possibly read my comments and think I&#8217;m a lefty? Am I allowed to oppose Obama, and also not think to much of Petraeus? </p>
<p>Or does disliking Obama require me to pretend Petraeus was a heroic warrior, committed patriot and brilliant strategist? He was none of the above. He was all about Patraeus. Great leaders are about the best interests of their nation and their troops.</p>
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