Interesting Times: Abizaid's recipe for defeat Saul Singer , THE JERUSALEM POST Sep. 28, 2007 General John Abizaid, the general with regional command over the war in Iraq before the currently promising strategic overhaul led by General David Petraeus, recently shared some thoughts reminding us why he is not missed. "I believe that we have the power to deter Iran, should it become nuclear... Let's face it, we lived with a nuclear Soviet Union, we've lived with a nuclear China, and we're living with [other] nuclear powers as well." Rarely has the adage that generals always fight the last war...