SEN. EVAN BAYH (D-IN): "I thought you had an excellent, very candid response to Senator Warner's question and that was - he asked you - going forward the recommendations that you're making, will that make America safer? And you said that you could not answer that question because that was beyond the purview of your — beyond the scope of your responsibilities."
PETRAEUS: "Well, I thank you actually, Senator, for an opportunity to address that, frankly. Candidly, I have been so focused on Iraq that drawing all the way out was something that for a moment there was a bit of a surprise.
"But I think that we have very, very clear and very serious national interests in Iraq. Trying to achieve those interests — achieving those interests has very serious implications for our safety and for our security. So I think the answer really, to come back to it is yes. But again, frankly, having focused down and down and down, that was something that really on first glance is something that I would let others - "
BAYH: "I judge by your response to Senator Graham, that you have given that a little additional thought."
PETRAEUS: "Immediately afterwards actually."
BAYH: "That happens to all of us, including those of us on this side of the table."
Keep on parroting the meme that he said the US isn't safer.
We all know the pegbot never lets the facts get in the way
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