Liar, Liar, vs. Liar

Petraeus may have known, or may have not,
That bullets in Benghazi were a plan
And not an angry gathering. The man
Has stated that he knew, and though I ought
To skepticism keep, I'm not inclined
To think a liar he who made Iraq
A more recovered place. I'd rather chalk
Discrepancies to he who had a mind
To loiter in campaigning. Still, alas,
With all my preconceptions put aside,
I'm siding with a man I know has lied,
Condemning here the other, giving pass
To fiction when it's military grade.
The politics about it have me played.