To be honest and forthright I’m not a Petraeus fan. Any General Officer who will sit still for the Marxist Onada’s ROE in Afghanistan is not my kind of general.
In addition, the entire WOT has persisted for far too long. This thing should have been over at least 8 years ago. And for that I blame the entire senior military leadership—past and present. To those who say soldiers must obey the orders of the political class I say you’re right. But these officers can refuse to play the political game by resigning. There are more than enough outlets to explain the reason for the resignation and thereby deny the pols political cover.
That said, it is impossible to stop every Muslim raghead homicide bomber. To infer from one—or even several homicide bombings—that that the Taliban, as a group, is reconstituting itself is like saying a single lightning strike foretells the end of the world.
When the Taliban is armed with arms from past invaders, this tells the story, that is going to be difficult to impossible. Why don’t we just declare a victory and leave. Remember: IT’S OBAMA’S WAR! Pray for our poor country.