Senate Condemns "General Betray Us?" ad

As I mentioned in an earlier post, MoveOn.org, took out a full page ad in the New York Times questioning the credibility of General David Petraeus, the military mastermind behind the recent troop surge in Iraq, calling him "General Betray Us. MoveOn.org is a liberal organization whose main purpose is to "defeat the right wing and elect moderates and progressives" a.k.a. liberal democrats. Today the U.S. Senate took some initiative by overwhelmingly passed legislation condemning the ad. The legislation did not mention MoveOn.org by name, but stated, "the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, commanding general, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn(s) personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces."

Senators and 2008 Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd voted against the measure (go figure), while Barack Obama and Joe Biden didn't even show up to vote. You can read more about the legislation at the Fox News website.

MoveOn.org came out with a petition stating, "The U.S. Senate just told you to sit down and be quiet. They passed a resolution condemning MoveOn.org and it has one purpose: to intimidate all of us who care about responsibly ending this war. They wanted to send a message that anyone who speaks unpleasant truths about this war will pay. To make everyone--especially politicians--think twice before they accuse the administration of lying.
We can't let that happen, so we're letting Congress know that they're not going to intimidate us."

Why can MoveOn just let this go? I applaud the U.S. Senate for making a bipartisan effort to condemn an ad that is trying to tear this country apart in a time in which we need to be unified the most. Whether you approve of the war or not, pretty much everyone supports the troops in their efforts, and all this ad accomplishes is making the soldiers believe that some people back in the country they are fighting to protect don't value the many sacrifices they have made to defend them. Shame on those like Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd who are playing party politics with the lives of the soldiers that defend them, and kudos to those who are a little more mature and did the right thing.