Military Times - News (Free subscription) | yesterday
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s state-run news agency says that the commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus, has discussed American military aid to Lebanese troops with the army commander.
andra (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Product Description After a series of disastrous missteps in its conduct of the war, the White House in 2006 appointed General David Petraeus as the Commanding General of the coalition forces. Tell Me How This Ends is an inside account of his attempt to turn around a failing war. Linda Robinson conducted extensive interviews with Petraeus and his subordinate commanders and spent...
SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
After a series of disastrous missteps in its conduct of the war, the White House in 2006 appointed General David Petraeus as the Commanding General of the coalition forces. Tell Me How This Ends is an inside account of his attempt to turn around a failing war. Linda Robinson conducted extensive interviews with Petraeus and his subordinate commanders and spent weeks with key U.S....
Just Between Strangers (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
I like the point being made in the first part here about Obama's array of appointments and what they convey -- i.e., it might say less about his orientation (hawkish versus dovish, change or establishment, blah blah) than about his crafty strategy.If the great and glorious David Petraeus and the shiny Robert Gates are saying, "Bring the troops home," then you've defused your enemies....
US News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Barack Obama's national security team has been called a "" and a "." Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Marine Gen. Jim Jones, four-star Gen. David Petraeus, and soon-to-be Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are surely strong personalities. Are clashes within Obama's national security team inevitable? Will the so-called "Team of Rivals" be able to work together on important issues? Post...
The Captain's Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
... incoming Secretary of State, that horrible, juvenile interrogation before the Senate where General David Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker were mocked by both Biden and Clinton will go down as one of the worst and most dishonorable displays of any politicians in our history. As it turns out, Crocker and Petraeus were right, so our incoming Secretary of State and Vice President-elect...
Axis of Right (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
It is no secret that the surge in Iraq has been a major success, turning what seemed to be approaching a quagmire into a victory. The Bush administration, after many setbacks during the first four years of the war, turned it around thanks to the leadership and counter-insurgency strategy of General David Petraeus. Now, victory [...]
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... care what they do from here on out the war was won by the tremendous fortitude of W, the brains of David Petraeus, the fighting spirit of our military and the decision of the Iraqi people to take the chance they have been offered. Obama and the Democrats will be remembered as the fools who failed to lose.
The American Conservative (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... useful for agitprops. I know, I know, the whole “you hate America if you don’t want to proclaim David Petraeus Imperator Augustus effectively immediately and his apotheosis into godhood effective upon his death” routine seemed so heartfelt and genuine. Now it’s tempting to think of neoconservatism as the denial of the principle of scarcity, combined with various demagogic and slanderous...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... who wouldn’t condemn moveon.org for their shameful “” ad attacking then Iraq-war commander David Petraeus.Now, in Anchorage — and no doubt all over MSNBC’s talking-heads shows today — the myth lives on. The ADN item accused: “In the best Karl Rove fashion, Chambliss the draft-evader attacked Cleland the war hero for being soft on terrorism. Distorting Cleland’s votes about workplace...
Council on Foreign Relations (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Clinton's team focused on addressing Islamic fundamentalism, making Afghanistan and Pakistan the major front with al-Qaeda, and preventing nuclear proliferation. The war in Iraq is "" from Afghanistan, Clinton wrote in a November 2007 Foreign Affairs essay. In May 2008, Clinton pressed Gen. David Petraeus to "" U.S. military efforts on Afghanistan. "[I]f the U.S. is going to suffer another...
The Nation Blogs (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... is an implicit endorsement of President Bush's "surge" in Iraq and its military architect, General David Petraeus. ... Both these men can help Mr. Obama check the worst reflexes of his anti-antiterror base. Starting in Iraq. ... Mr. Obama deserves credit for making flexibility a principle in assembling his Administration. As he said last year, "people should feel confident that we'll...
Pensito Review (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... want to see run (%) No opinion (%) Sarah Palin 67 30 3 Mitt Romney 62 32 5 Mike Huckabee 61 33 6 David Petraeus 49 39 12 Rudolph Giuliani 48 47 5 Newt Gingrich 47 48 5 Bobby Jindal 34 36 30 Jeb Bush 31 61 9 Charlie Crist 23 46 31 Lindsey Graham 21 53 25 Scary as the prospect of Palin at the top of the list is, there are two pieces of good news. First, Jeb Bush is way down there. Second,...
Israelated (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... the last two years and praises the "genius of the leadership team of Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Gen. David Petraeus and Secretary of Defense Bob Gates." He credits these three with "turn[ing] around the situation from a bloody disaster under the leadership of Secretary Rumsfeld to a growing situation of security." While Gen. McCaffrey is cautious about the Maliki government, he adds...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... days later the general swung into action. He sent a personal note and 15-page briefing packet to David Petraeus, the commanding general in Iraq, strongly recommending Defense Solutions and its offer to supply Iraq with 5,000 armored vehicles from Eastern Europe. "No other proposal is quicker, less costly, or more certain to succeed," he said.Thus, within days of hiring McCaffrey,...
