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I guess not, since his plans drastically turned Iraq around. So much so that we can be basically out of there soon, and they already have full control of all of their country but 1 or 2 provinces, if not all by now. The man is an American hero, and only cowards would attack him for political purposes.

It wasn't Petreaus' idea that has been successful. It was a Colonel who was "Bucking the System" and had a lot of success in his Area of Operation. Then Petreaus stole the idea and had great success, But it wasn't his idea. His ideas were failures. It was the Colonel who actually had his boot on the ground who is the hero here for not listening to his superiors. Technology had changed the battlefield as much to the good as it has the bad. People watching from a Satellite Link beamed back from an unmanned drone can't understand the whole picture.