These particular enemies, who use their indignation and our decency both against us? I think he’s mistaken on what strengthens and what weakens them in this case.
“I think he’s mistaken on what strengthens and what weakens them in this case.”
I would say that if Petraeus doesn’t know how to fight these people then nobody in charge for the last ten years has known, as he is the only one who has had any success.
I think the lesson is, don’t get involved in fighting insurgencies in the middle East. The sad thing is, that’s a lesson that has been proven time and time again, long before we began our own misadventures, only we chose to ignore it.