At least one senator has responded to the group's attack on 'General Betray Us'--this from Senator Lieberman:
"The personal attack on Gen. David Petraeus launched today by Moveon.org is an outrageous and despicable act of slander that every member of the Congress -- Democrat and Republican -- has a solemn responsibility to condemn.
"General Petraeus has served his country honorably and selflessly for over thirty-five years. He has risked his life in combat and accepted lengthy deployments away from his family to defend our nation and its citizens from its enemies. For this, he deserves the respect, admiration, and gratitude of every American -- not the disgraceful slander of Moveon.org.
"It has been widely reported that Moveon.org has worked closely over the past months with many members of the Democratic Party in coordinating their efforts to derail the strategy that General Petraeus has been leading in Iraq.
"I do not know whether the Democratic leadership was consulted in any way or informed by Moveon about this personal, political attack on General Petraeus. That is not the point. The point is that when partisan political attacks which have already divided and weakened our nation in many ways are directed at a non-partisan, non-political commander like General Petraeus, everyone has a responsibility to shout, "Stop. Enough."
"As a member of the Senate Democratic caucus, I therefore call on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to denounce Moveon.org in no uncertain terms for its vile attack on Gen. Petraeus. General Petraeus deserves no less.
"Regardless of our disagreements on the way forward in Iraq, the claim that one of our most decorated and accomplished soldiers -- whom the Senate unanimously confirmed in his command -- would "betray" his country is an insult to the honor of all of our brave men and women in uniform who are fighting today in Iraq.
"As we debate our Iraq policy in the days ahead, we should leave no doubt that Democrats and Republicans stand united behind our troops and the commander who is leading them. We must reject the slander of this brave soldier and patriot."
From the left, we get total nonsense and non sequiturs. Quoting Hegseth's piece, Seeing the Forest responds:
How silly can you get? No one is calling Petraeus a traitor here. But the cult wingnuts will just eat it up, of course.
Or how about this one from Taylor Marsh:
Beyond, prepare to hear the betraying the troops [link to Hegseth] charge dressed up by a president and his propaganda pack, none of whom has any honor and long ago showed their abject disrespect for our fighting men and women, using them as props while forgetting they are people with families and children and whole lives.
Straw men? Maybe, but in the absence of any serious defense of MoveOn, this is the best I could come up with.
