I suspect that Obama put Petraeus up to making the statement. Obama should be taking the lead on this as CIC, but he has delegated Petraeus to be the point man. The reason is purely political. Obama has no credibility and it would just muddy the waters further as to what is his religion and where his sympathies lie. We should stop blaming Petraeus and focus on the CIC.
True, I suppose many here would prefer to see Petraeus pull a “MacArthur” on Barry.