[marron]

She’s clear that she doesn’t like... something about Petraeus’s strategy. She never explains what it ought to be.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

I think what she dislikes about Petraeus is this...

"the general's recent comments echoing the Arabist narrative on Israel as the culpable driver of regional unrest."

IMO, she has a pretty clear and undiluted view of inherent evil in Islam and the dangers of befriending its adherents.

Even though I can't point to a specific statement by West, I think she thinks (rightly or wrongly) that the whole concept of counter-insurgency/COIN is inapplicable when dealing with Islam...and this would put her at odds with many in our military.

[hinckley buzzard]

"This is why the surge failed in Iraq."

First I've heard of it.