Political hack Patraeus reading the tea leaves about where focus of war should have been all along?

[Postman]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/20/general-petraeus-al-qaida_n_113881.html

The Al Qaeda threat in Iraq never existed until March 2003. Even then, they only composed 7 to 10 percent of the insurgency....

"Al Qaeda in Iraq" is a creation of the smash-n-grab imperialists used as an excuse for being in Iraq...

[ladjf]

1. As far as I can tell, Prataeus has been a "yes man".

[polichick]

2. imo MoveOn was right in calling him Betraeus...

The same could be said of so many Bush appointees.

[Disturbed]

4. Petraeus Is ‘An Ass-Kissing, Little Chickensh*t,’ ‘I Hate People Like That’

CentCom Chief Fallon: Petraeus Is ‘An Ass-Kissing, Little ...
CentCom Chief Fallon: Petraeus Is ‘An Ass-Kissing, Little Chickensh*t,’ ‘I Hate People Like That’

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2991846 - 39k

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. Exactly what Admiral Fallon thought of him.

Chickenshit ass kisser.

[Lasher]

5. He moved up from two stars to four by Cheerleading Junior's war.

His 'We have found the baloon machines' press conference told me everything I need to know about him. Now he's looking for new asses to kiss. Why not go for the five-star brass ring now?