Is he being fired or leaving on his own will?
Running for office, I presume?
This could be very bad news...
I wonder where he stands on balanced budgets? Federalist Papers? Apple pie?
Well, that was quick.
I guess this means we got Osama? /sarc
probably a thankless job.
Probably sick of the CIC and his merry band of America haters running the war.
Mike Mullins’ term as Joint Chiefs Chairman is up in October. Watch for Petraeus to get the appointment as a reward for his work in Afghanistan
Well this is bad, Patreaus was the only Commander I really had confidence in, if he is pulling the plug it could be yet another change in direction for the war effort in Afghanistan.
Only this time the replacement will have had no track record of success.
I see no positives in this move.
There really hasn’t been any significant reporting from Afghanistan, as far as I can see. Every once in a while a report of troops being killed by an IED or the like, but no sense of what is happening there, if anything.
I really get the feeling that this has turned into a meaningless war, where our troops are getting killed for nothing, and where the ROEs don’t really even permit them to defend themselves.
About all I can tell from the reports is that the body count keeps going up, and we don’t really seem to be winning anything or getting anywhere. McCrystal and Petraeus are both very capable leaders for this kind of war, but I think their hands have been tied.
I knew from the time Obama picked him they were setting him up to fail and be discredited. And lo and behold. I see this.
His tenure in Afghanistan had to be for a limited time, because he has already had his turn at the helm, and then some. Let’s keep in mind that he took a demotion to replace Stanley McCrystal, and I’m certain General Petraeus is looking forward to spending some time with the grandkids.
Moochele will take the job and attempt to “get Afghans moving”!
Mystary solved — he is being fired because he wasn’t nice enough to the Taliban, he wanted to defeat them, instead of bowing to them.
See this article:
Afghanistan: Petraeus, personalities and policy
http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2011/02/15/afghanistan-petraeus-personalities-and-policy/
“Petraeus, more than anyone else, has been identified with the intensified military campaign in Afghanistan which, according to critics of the policy, has reduced prospects of a political settlement by alienating Taliban leaders who might otherwise be coaxed into peace talks.
His departure, especially with Gates on his way out, could create the space for Obama to recalibrate Afghan strategy, backing away from the military surge and focusing more on a political settlement - if he wants to do so.”
Palin/Petraeus 2012
Ugh... If this is true, then the situation in Afghanistan could be grim. Petraeus was brilliant in Iraq as a counter-insurgency leader. I have difficulty thinking of anyone who would do a better job. I have even less confidence in Obama in picking a replacement.
Ugh Oh!... He may be in Kansas again.. The Wizard of OZ.. may have been exposed as the slimy traitor he is..
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The end of the year is a ways away