Several weeks ago, radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt interviewed the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus on the situation in that country and the "surge."

Andrew Sullivan, who was once sane, decried that decision by the general.

If I were eager to maintain a semblance of military independence from the agenda of extremist, Republican partisans, I wouldn't go on the Hugh Hewitt show, would you? And yet Petraeus has done just that. I think such a decision to cater to one party's propaganda outlet renders Petraeus' military independence moot. I'll wait for the transcript. But Petraeus is either willing to be used by the Republican propaganda machine or he is part of the Republican propaganda machine. I'm beginning to suspect the latter. The only thing worse than a deeply politicized and partisan war is a deeply politicized and partisan commander. But we now know whose side Petraeus seems to be on: Cheney's. Expect spin, not truth, in September.

This, of course, is just silly.

But what will Sullivan say now that Petraeus has gone on Alan Colmes' show?