That's how Admiral Fallon, head of Centcom, supposedly characterized the current media god, General Petraeus. Fallon apparently thinks that Petraeus is too political. For example, he held court in Mitch McConnell's office when the surge was being debated in Congress. More importantly, Fallon differs with Petraeus' strategy. Fallon wants to get out of Iraq quickly as there are other worrisome areas in his field of command; Petraeus, as we know, wants us to stay there for the long haul.
A different but related note - last week a report on NPR said that Petraeus had not seen combat until his stint in Iraq. Most of his career had been on the staff of senior officers advising but not doing.
And then there's this - is Petraeus being forthright in denying that we are arming the Sunnis?
No one is as wonderful or smart as the media thinks Petraeus is.
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My cousin retired as a major and never saw any combat in his entire life, despite the seemingly constant little wars that go on including Vietnam. For awhile he instructed soldiers on a base, but his car was blown up, and then he worked in the office. His last job was driving a general around and he has always been a sycophant. I heard from someone that the reason they never put him into combat was because they were afraid his own men would shoot him in the back. Makes you wonder how many of the upper echelons are qualified.
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