they are unlikely to follow Petraeus’ recommendations
But by calling this guy in, they can make it look like the President is considering his advice - and blame the Generals when the war is lost. If Petraeus runs for office his face will be in the DNC ads for who gave the TOTUS bad advice and lost the war in Afghanistan
Obamalamadingdong won't follow Petraeus' advice, though. I think Petraeus is way too smart to fall for this sort of trap. We might just be watching Obama being set up. McCrystal has already given his recommendations to Obama. Obama is ignoring him and he's Obama's man. If Petraeus gives his recommendations, which will undoubtedly mirror McCrystal's, and Obamalamadingdong decides to take his own path and chooses to ignore both of them, especially after he installed McCrystal, both will likely resign and rightfully so. When that happens and Afghanistan descends into chaos Obama will explicitly certify to everyone that he is an inexperienced, naive fool......and when that happens all the media spin in the world won't help put Humpty Dumpty back together again.....
This president may be playing a game so we can loose to his brothers. He will then be able to tell the world our military is not as great as has been reported.