Gen. Petraeus Contradicts Cheney's Claim

America's least popular politician, former vice president Dick Cheney, predicted recently that the Obama Administration had put the U.S. in jeopardy by changing controversial Bush anti-terrorism policies.

But Gen. David Petraeus disagrees. The blog Think Progress has the details:

Earlier this month, former vice president Cheney told CNN that President Obama is “making some choices that…raise the risk to the American people of another attack,” referring to Obama’s decisions to close Guantanamo and end torture. Today on CNN’s State of the Union, Centcom Commander Gen. David Petraeus — whom Cheney has previously called “extraordinarily capable” — said he doesn’t agree with Cheney’s assessment:

PETRAEUS: Well, I wouldn’t necessarily agree with that. I think in fact that there is a good debate going on about the importance of values in all that we do. I think that if one violates the values that we hold so dear, that we jeopardize. … We think for the military, in particular that camp, that’s a line [torture] that can’t be crossed.

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It is hugely significant to us to live the values that we hold so dear and that we have fought so hard to protect over the years.