Betrayed

Yesterday, in front of Congress, we saw the American people, the troops, and the Constitution betrayed by the commanding general in Iraq. I won't bother picking apart what he said, the lies he spread, but suffice it to say the truth never entered the room yesterday. Glenn Greenwald says it best:

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It is actually amazing to watch media coverage of Gen. Petraeus' testimony depict him as though he has just risen from the apolitical ether as the objective and trustworthy source with regard to the war. The White House is desperate for that image to be maintained because the nation no longer trusts George Bush or Dick Cheney or other Republican office-holders, precisely because they have heard from those individuals over the last several years countless assurances of "progress," only for events repeatedly to prove those claims to be untrue.

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On this sixth anniversary of September 11th, nothing has changed. We are not safer, our government still lies to us, and thousands of Americans are still being killed and maimed.

The sad part is we will be stuck with this until at least January 2009.