I truly hope not. But the Democrats and the MSM hate Gen. Petraeus. They will not say anything right now, they do not want to detract from Obama’s “brilliant” decision. But overtime they will undermine him and try to destroy his career and reputation. The administration people who were undermining Gen. McChrystal will also work to undermine Gen. Petreaus.
By the way, I though the theatrics of how McChrystal was treated was disgusting. First, he had to come to the White House without knowing what was going on and be photographed and harassed by reporters who had obviously been briefed by The White House. Then Obama making a point of meeting with him for only a few minutes to humiliate him and then the White House staff told reporters how forceful Obama was in firing him and how great a Commander in Chief he was.
It made me want to throw up. McChrystal served his country well for years in Iraq. He should have been treated with respect and not humiliated just to make Obama seem presidential.
The conspiratorial side of me thinks perhaps David and Stanley may have gone fishing together recently, just the two of them. Stan offers to take the dive and David says he will take the AF job.
Patraeus really does have the Obozo between a rock and a hard place. My guess is that Patraeus demanded and got a whole lot of assurances. And I would bet they are documented. So, if he is successful (highly unlikely) then his standing in the public’s eyes gets even greater. If Obozo tries to slip the knife in Patraeus can wave the assurances in front of the camera as he turns in his resignation. If one has any notions of say taking a shot at high elected office, either one of these scenarios works well for them.
I think your apprehensiveness is well founded. My take was that this is a win/win for Obama. If it is perceived that Afghanistan is turning for the better, the press will ensure that Obama gets the credit. If Afghanistan continues to flounder due to incompetent government and we “fail”, Petraeus gets the blame. This move was all political on Obama’s part.
General McChrystal’s resignation has shone more of a bad light on the POTUS and his administration than on the General, despite any best efforts by the Dems and the State-Run-Media.
You aren’t alone in seeing through the spin.