'Cooking the books' and suspension of disbelief'?

Rick Moran:

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It seems ages ago that General Petreaus was harshly criticized for "cooking the books" on data coming out of Iraq. As it turns out, Petreaus was telling the truth and his detractors were playing politics with the war. No apologies to Petreaus are expected anytime soon from those who besmirched his reputation by implying he was shilling for the Administration rather than giving Congress an honest assessment of what was happening in Iraq.

This includes outrageously shameful behavior by some Congressmen and Senators, including Hillary Clinton who was quoted as saying that you would have to "suspend disbelief" in order to take the General at his word.

When do you think the questions will start being asked of Harry Reid and the Democrats along the lines of, "Do you think it was premature to say that the war was lost?" I wouldn't hold my breath...
The media is not going to start asking those questions until Republicans start hammering the Democrats with those questions that is the way it works. It will be up to Republicans to raise the issues and it is not too soon to start. Once the Republican senate leaders start raising the questions in their floor speeches, it will be hard for the media and the Democrats to ignore the issues.

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