She’s clear that she doesn’t like... something about Petraeus’s strategy. She never explains what it ought to be.
"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.
First I've heard of it.