I gather that this Tom Ashbrook show on NPR was remarkably fair this morning, it included Mark Perry, the reporter who broke the Petraeus story–that the general believes Palestinian grievances are endangering Americans in the Middle East–along with the Inevitable Indyk. But check out the comments on this piece. Wow, Americans are aroused. I know it’s just a vocal minority, but Americans are aroused. And when is the Petraeus story going to hit the New York Times? Bernie Avishai has it in the IHT. Andrew Bacevich has it at Salon:
This much is certain, however: Gen. Petraeus, easily the most influential U. S. officer on active duty, has discovered the Holy Land. And his discovery is likely to discomfit those Americans committed to the proposition that the United States and Israel face the same threats and are bound together by identical interests.
