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Petraeus to oversee war in Afghanistan as well as Iraq Petraeus takes over for Adm. William Fallon, who resigned General took command in Iraq in January 2007 Central Command position subject to Senate confirmation

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    engineer1 year, 2 months ago

    He's a brilliant man. He also knows he cannot disagree with Bush or even criticize because he will be fired

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    hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago

    The only thing one cancount on with the bushie regime is that incompetent ass-lickers rise to the top.

    Petraeus Hid Maliki Resistance to US Troops in Basra

    Politics â;; Petraeus lied to Congress about recent fighting in Basra. al Maliki attacked Basra to keep US and British troops from resuming large scale war in southern Iraq. al Maliki also wanted to emphasize that the Iraqi government wants agreement between the US and Iran and is opposed to the US using Iraq to attack Iran.

    http://politics.propeller.com/story/2008/04/18/...

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    nikkibabe1 year, 2 months ago

    This guy is a scum and a Bush mouth piece in uniform. I am sure Obama, if elected, will fire this guy as a first order of business.

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    Charlson1 year, 2 months ago

    I have absolutely no respect for a toady. And that is exactly what General Betrayus is. A general with no balls.

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      quackpot1 year, 2 months ago

      A good general is one who can find a solution to a given problem that requires the minimal expenditure of "balls".

      Considering the impossible problem that Bush has concocted for Petrus to solve, he is doing quite well.

      However, why Petreus would want to do try to solve the impossible problems that Bush has concocted, might require several psychologists' life-times to explore

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      abntv1 year, 2 months ago

      And just what do you know about being a general in the military today? What qualifications do you have to evaluate anyone in the military let alone a general?

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      quackpot1 year, 2 months ago

      Given Petreus' past focus on Iraq, I wonder what his appointment as overall commander will mean for the staffing of the real problem spot of Afghanistan/Packistan versus Bush's obsession with Iraq?

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        abntv1 year, 2 months ago

        Another page full of self appointed military experts passing judgment on a general when they have absolutely no qualifications to do so.

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        albionperfides1 year, 2 months ago

        What worries me is where did Petreaus get his chest full of medals?

        General Sir Mike Jackson until recently the senior officer in the British Army has at most half a dozen

        After WW2, Korea then Vietnam what else? No doubt someone will tell me.

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        stoutkraut1 year, 2 months ago

        General Petraeus has proven his intellectual and combat ability. He is a proven leader in combat at Division and Army level and will be a superb CINC. He's no Wesley Clark or George Casey they were not combat generals but political generals..neither achieved success. With Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno in charge of ARCENT the terrorist and Islamist are in for a hard fight. This is the team that has been needed for the past three years. The remarks from the left are those that can be expected from the defeatocrats and general leftist intellectuals who want to see the United States defeated in this war. Their simple minds can not connect the terror dots that to many us who have studied this region for 30 or more see so clearly. General Petraeus good luck on your new mission.

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        HannibalBarca1 year, 2 months ago

        stoutk: I see you negged again with no comment, having lost two world wars, i can see why you might want to start a third, gotta win 1 out of 3 eh!!!

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          albionperfides1 year, 2 months ago

          Hanni

          How do you know Stoutkraut is OKW?

          The Wehrmacht was the most successful fighting force in 1940, 2 weeks from the frontier to the Channel coast defeating the French and the British armies. Only when they were instructed to fight on 2 fronts did they eventually fail.

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          albionperfides1 year, 2 months ago

          No comments on Petreaus's medals? I think you should be worried at the profusion. Did they come up with the rations?

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          hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago

          Petraeus's main qualification is chanting double-speak.

          Bush's Iraq War Double-Speak

          With the Iraq War now in its sixth bloody year, there are predictable patterns to the new ad campaigns for optimism, with fresh corners turned and more reasons to mock war critics. In this guest essay, Ivan Eland looks at George W. Bush's happy Iraq War double-speak.

          http://www.consortiumnews.com/index.html

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            BB641 year, 2 months ago

            My fiancee is very happy with this change. She was part of Fallon's command but didn't like him. He was great when she met him in DC at the Pentagon but in a real combat command situation, she found him wanting as a commander. In the war on terror we need to bring the fight to the bad guys and never let them get their balance, hitting them every chance we can. The general will do very well. That plus this sends a message to Iran, shape up or else.

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            albionperfides1 year, 2 months ago

            abntv

            Thanks for the explanation. I'm not familiar with commendations, merit awards etc transposing themselves into ribbons on an officer's uniform. However, I prefer to see the genuine article viz, Gen Sir Mike Jackson's few medal ribbons.

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            kfolive1 year, 2 months ago

            I would venture to guess that he knows things that could topple our current government. He said "you back me completely or you go down with me" Not far fetched when you think of the insanity of this "police action". He sat there in front of the tv cameras and said exactly what he was told to say and he was rewarded.

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              Tcaros1 year, 2 months ago

              Patreaus is Bush's lackey. Bush doesn't look for competent people to appoint- he looks for good lackeys.

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              Tcaros1 year, 2 months ago

              Operation Iraqi Freedom = killing innocent Iraqis && not looking for Bin Laden

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