Will Dems Question Petraeus about WH PR office attached to his command?

[Sagan]

There was a story about it over the weekend, regarding Gillespie and his PR group attached to Petraeus' HQ. I think that would be a good question for the good general.

[flpoljunkie]

1. Let us hope so!

[TwilightGardener]

2. That's unsurprising, but disgusting all the same. It's all a sell job.

I try to give Petraeus the benefit of the doubt when it comes to his troops--a good officer ALWAYS takes care of his troops, and uses them wisely--but it's hard to reconcile his political/career side with his commander side, because they might conflict. It's of course in his best personal and professional interests that the surge is seen as going well--would he allow more troops to die to preserve any slight gains, pointless as they may be, in order to protect the President and his own reputation?