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Petraeus vs. Webb

Started by washingtonindependent · 10 months ago

This exchange wasn’t so significant for its substance, but rather its tone. Jim Webb really got in Petraeus’s face over his Iran statements. What does it mean, he said, that Iran has a "malign" influence, as Petraeus testified?
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  • Would you agree, historically, that one of the realities we have to deal with is some sort Iranian influence in the region?

    Webb is great. That a state shouldn't influence the affairs of a border state under hated occupation is idiocy.
  • Jim Webb would, on a short leash, be an excellent Vice President to Barack Obama. He's a fearsome patriot of American virtues and values. His credibility impeccable, his courage unquestioned.

    He would be a reassuring presence for anyone who has questions about Barack's lack of national security experience.

    But Senator Webb, you'll have to leave the guns to the Secret Service.

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