Betray Us

I have so far failed to weigh in on the new Jesus, his fellaters and detractors. Let me just say this about that.

General David Petraeus is just one more Administration cum-junky, swallowing his pride because he hopes to get his in the end. He is neither the first nor the last. His much-lauded brilliance is mere coherence. His much-bruited honor is mere circumspection. His politeness is taken as point of moral character, but there are plenty of men, evil at heart, who say sir and ma'am. He got to where is he by spreading wide for his military and civilian superiors; he hopes to go farther, or at least further. The infamous MoveOn ad is a scandal not because it says too much but because it says to little. General Betray Us? A man on the make is incapable of betrayal.