I trust your recollection better than mine. I still hope he can be convinced. I think he would be a shoe-in like Ike was.
Oh me too. I was just reporting what I found in my quick goggle of the topic not my personal opinions. I like Petraus. Don't know that I would like his politics, but he is exactly the right person in exactly the right job at exactly the right moment in history. God has once again blessed the USA far beyond our merits.