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Would Gen. Petraeus run as a Democrat?
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 17, 2010 04:57pm |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | Max Fisher |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | If we're going to play Washington's favorite parlor game, we might as well ask the inevitable question: Would Petraeus really run as a Republican? Testifying Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, he articulated policy positions on Don't Ask, Don't Tell and the Bagram detention facility that sounded like planks of the Democratic, not Republican, platform. That's just the beginning of his surprisingly liberal politics:
* Says "the time has come" to consider repealing don't ask, don't tell.
* Opposes sending Guantanamo detainees to the Bagram facility in Afghanistan.
* Supports closing the prison at Guantanamo.
* Opposes "enhanced interrogation" methods like waterboarding.
* Condemns Israel's behavior in the Palestinian conflict as undermining U.S. regional interests.
* Soft on drugs: Has made combating Afghanistan's massive opium trade a low priority.
* Soft on crime: Supports reconciling with Taliban leaders and backed Sunni militias in Iraq's Sunni Awakening.
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