Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Depends what the meaning of 'was' was

Peter Feaver wrote a hysterical op-ed against MoveOn's anti-Petraeus ad, hyperbolically titled "MoveOn's McCarthy Moment". The Boston Globe identified Feaver this way:

Peter D. Feaver is a political science professor at Duke University and author of "Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations." He served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.
This bipartisanish blurb utterly, totally fails to give readers the vital piece of vita. Feaver is a current White House staffer, working for the NSC. From his page at Duke:
Feaver is on leave from Duke and working as the Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform on the National Security Council Staff at the White House.
So, 'served' is clearly a lie on par with Bill Clinton's 'there is no inappropriate relationship'. The White House is a good place for Feaver. From the foolish, exaggerated content of his op-ed, he's clearly comfortable dishing up nonsense.

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