[Morgan in Denver]

I think we are too quick to praise this whole situation unless we acknowledge Patraeus may be doing this to save as many troops as he can as the Democrats move to withdrawal.

Petraeus will eventually fail in Afghanistan because the Democrats in congress and President Zero won’t do what is necessary to win in the long run. Then the MSM and the Democrats will associate Patraeus to GWB and the blame game will go on once again.

[rodguy911]

I agree, but now that Petraeus is the Jokers’ hand picked guy who do the rats blame when it all blows up and they start pulling out? It's getting a little lame to put it all on GW.

[csmusaret]

I don’t know anyone who is “praising” this except the MSM. I don’t think Patton, Eisenhower, and MacArthur combined could win this war because no one will define win. Any campaign to win the hearts and minds of the Afghanistan people are doomed to fail. The Afghani minds never ecsaped the 16th century and the Muslim fanatics among them don’t have hearts.