Get off Petreus’ case.
He says things to protect his men. He is politically savy to get his goals accomplished. Big whoop if he says “outloud’ he is surprised or upset. So f...g what? His heart and head has always been in the right place, its not easy to have a military that has to be able to work with Congress.
Petreus is not there to shoot off his mouth gung ho...he is there to win a war,keep the political loonies at bay and get funding for his war and troops.