Jumping the shark

Politics by character assassination ought not surprise us any more, especially coming from the netroot folks over at MoveOn.org.

And yet, somehow, it does:

Tomorrow–as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress–the antiwar group MoveOn.org is running a full-page advertisement in the New York Times under the headline: “General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House.”

Let’s be clear: MoveOn.org is suggesting that General Petraeus has ‘betrayed’ his country. This is disgusting. To attack as a traitor an American general commanding forces in war because his ‘on the ground’ experience does not align with MoveOn.org’s political objectives is utterly shameful. It shows contempt for America’s military leadership, as well as for the troops who have confidence in him, as our fellow soldiers in Iraq certainly do.

I don’t know who you’d have to be to jog the anti-war set out of their hysterical preference for national humiliation – for the good of the party!

Clearly, being the on scene ground commander, a four-star officer with 35-years honorable service and a man widely acknowledged as one of the most brilliant officers of his generation is insufficient to even grant Petraeus a polite scepticism before his national audience. No, before he has even opened his mouth the long knives have come out.

This is contemptible.

(H/T to FbL for the link)