Legal Commentary

Gen. Petraeus Compares Extreme Right To Taliban

By Big Tent Democrat

Oliver Willis:

No doubt the accomodationist left will clutch their pearls and the righties will reach for their fainting couches, but Petraeus is spot on.

Gen. David H. Petraeus on Tuesday denounced plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Koran this weekend, saying the demonstration could ‘endanger troops’ and damage the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. ‘It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems,’ Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in a statement.

(Emphasis mine.) Now what, weenie liberals? FTR, I do not think Petraeus should be commenting on this in any way. I am not offended by his comparison, but I think the military should not be making comments on these types of events. Stick to discussing military policy issues (I realize that he see this as a military policy issue, but it is too close to discussing what is acceptable speech for me.)

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 07, 2010 (boomark / email).