Vets For Freedom
Posted at 11:48am on Dec. 9, 2007 Bully For Batiste
By haystack
[note: Moe beat me to the front pages with this story so I'll relegate myself to the diaries...I need to get up PRETTY early in the morning to scoop Mr. Lane!]
Via The Corner we learn that Maj. Gen. Batiste (Ret.) has co-authored a piece in the Washington Post along with Lt. Pete Hegseth, executive director of Vets for Freedom. They speak very highly of Gen. Petraeus' efforts in Iraq, and the undeniable progress being made there by the US Military and the now-infamous "surge"...and I say it's a sure sign we really ARE getting the job done when a former anti-war Vet steps up and admits it himself. Well Done Maj. Gen. Batiste!
From the Corner:
As a board member of VoteVets.org, Maj. Gen. Batiste (Ret.) has been one of the most authoritative voices in the anti-war movement.
But in the Washington Post on Saturday he has an op-ed (flagged on the NRO Web Briefing), under a shared byline with Lt. Pete Hegseth, executive director of Vets for Freedom, a group that strongly supports the Petraeus mission of defeating al-Qaeda and the Iranian backed militias in Iraq.
Does this suggest a shift in Batiste’s thinking? In the I.D. beneath the piece, there is no mention of Batiste’s affiliation with VoteVets.org – and I notice his name has been removed from the VoteVets.org website as well.
If Batiste has indeed broken with VoteVets.org that is news – but perhaps no surprise. VoteVets.org is an extremist group – a MoveOn.org clone – that favors America’s defeat and humiliation in Iraq, seeking both ideological and partisan benefits. If Batiste has recognized this and was repelled by it, bully for him.
Let's see what they have to say in the WaPo piece below the fold...
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