THIS IS ASTOUNDING

I won't take back what I've posted about Gen. PR Petraeus but I have to give him some credit for candor. (Via Memeorandum) Spencer Ackerman of TPM Muckraker reports that:

Sen. John Warner (R-VA) asked Gen. Petraeus if success in the Iraq war will make America safer. His response -- by far the most surprising moment of the hearings -- was a blunt "I don't know."

(Ackerman has a video clip so you can see and hear for yourself.)

Will the wingnuts now accuse PR of being a "defeatist" or will they say he's an "appeaser"?