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[skeeter]

Although the news media now seems uninterested, it is a fact that Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan has killed more American soldiers in 3 years than were killed in the 6+ years previous.

Petreaus should have resigned long before.

[Rapscallion]

I respect General Petraeus. He should reserve judgement about the “wisdom” of the political decisions for the draw-downs, until he sees how the commander in chief uses these troops before the election. Some still believe suppression is still an option.

[gunnyg]

Awesome...as the...(never mind) say...!

I am impressed!

Maybe he shoulda even stamped his foot good and hard!

Semper Watching!
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[bigbob]

Fine, glad he stayed. But saying this now has a tinger of “selfish, grandstanding” IMHO. Why not leave these thoughts for his memoirs?

[Yo-Yo]

. Petraeus decided that resigning would be a "selfish, grandstanding move with huge political ramifications"

Like subsequently being appointed CIA Director.

[Perdogg]

Didn’t Kimberly Dozier (AP reporter) used to work for CBS; she was almost killed in Iraq, correct?

[Turbo Pig]

Hmm, he ALMOST quit, but he didn’t. He ALMOST stood his ground against a bad military decision, but he didn’t. He ALMOST, he almost, he almost...but he didn’t.

More US soldiers ALMOST made it home alive in the last 3 years than in the previous 6, but they didn’t.

[Navy Patriot]

No General Douglas MacArthur there.

[Cicero]

As far as I could see, whenever Obama told Petraeus to jump, he asked, “How high?”

Wasn’t it Petraeus who burned those Bibles, declared that the Koran was sacred, and gave his troops all kinds of politically correct instructions, including Rules of Engagement that didn’t allow them to defend themselves?

In the end, just another Perfumed Prince.

[blueunicorn6]

Wow. A book. How rare. Why did we let this guy out of his job? Win, or no retirement. What incentive is there for any of our generals or admirals to win? What punishment is there for losing? “With your shield or on it” has putrified into “What other job would you like?”

[Kenny Bunk]

Foxtrot Uniform to General Petraeus. This guy, I was hoping, would stick his finger in the faux-POTUS' eye, kick his ass, and run for President himself.

Me? I am looking for the yanqui equivalent of General Pinochet to delay our inexorable slide into euro-weenieism, or worse, the Marxism that is the ideology of Team Obama.

[Erik Latranyi]

This is an unfortunate example that our top military leaders are totally politicized today.

Our troops have very few people left who will watch their backs anymore.

[RobbyS]

Petraeas’ reaction reminds me of Irving Berlin’s tune, “What do you do with a general after he has stopped being a general?” It is hard to give it all up. Which is why the Joint Chiefs allowed LBJ to go to war in Vietnam, even though they realized—unlike LBJ—that Vietnam is NOT a “little old country.” but a country large as ill-suited for major operations as Italy was in 1943. To resign is to end up on the golf course, chatting with defeated pols and aging celebrities.

[DManA]

Who cares what he “almost did”. History only counts what you do.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. He should’ve quit.

The ONLY reason for these men not to quit, and I respect them all, is that Hussein would replace them immediately with HUGE pussies in uniform, ones that would lick his boots obediently.

Now, these guys COULD be feeding some right wing Congressmen with some inside info about Hussein’s disastrous decision making...