Gen. Colbert?

Truth is the first casualty...

This morning, my brother sent me an email entitled, "Ethno-sectarian competition."

When I say the subject line, my first thought was that it was a rant about the Olympics.

Turns out it was actually a politically correct euphemism by Gen. David Petraeus to describe the civil war in Iraq.

It's sad when our miltary leaders dishonor themselves into spouting the same mealy mouth obfuscation as ordinary self-serving politicians. Petraeus' tortured explanation is more worthy of something from the satirical site The Onion than of a high-ranking general.