When I say that, it should be clear that I will back him to the full extent I can. It would have to be an incredibly extreme situation where I would back a general doing anything outside the codes of military conduct with regard to the presidency.
Petraeus should never take an endorsement such as my own to infer otherwise. And I consider it an insult to infer that he wouldn’t understand that without my stipulation. I wouldn’t seek to infer that at all. I just want it on the record.
Absolutely! I hadn’t thought it any other way, DoughtyOne. We have Codes of Military Conduct for a reason and I would never suggest that General Petraeus would do anything to dishonor himself nor our military.
Your point is understood and I agree completely.