Weeks of franticly subverting the long-awaited Petraeus Iraq progress report have seen Democratic leaders demoting a four star General to Bush marionette and left-wing hacks attacking his very credibility, and, collaterally, that of the American military itself.  But this weekend witnessed an even more appalling shift from recent liberal regard to steer clear of assaulting our armed services - suggestions of Petraeus' disloyalty.  Having voted unanimously for the promotion of the Iraq Multi-National-Force commander in January, Dems now find themselves in the untenable position of labeling this decent man "untrustworthy."  Selling this denigration in order to preempt anticipated positive "surge" news is further complicated by the reality that Americans rightly hold their military leaders in much higher regard than they do their politicians.Nonetheless, charges of "cooking the numbers" of diminished daily sectarian attacks and "cherry...(Read Full Post)