Pentagon tries to cool talk on Petraeus

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon sought on Tuesday to cool talk about future assignments for Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq, following reports he was a candidate for the top NATO command post.

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Defense Secretary Robert Gates was very pleased with the leadership provided by both Petraeus and the current NATO commander, Army Gen. John Craddock.

"Until the secretary recommends to the president otherwise and the president approves otherwise, those two commanders will continue in the roles that they now have," he said. "But he greatly respects them both and appreciates their service."

Both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported this week that Petraeus -- a media-friendly counter-insurgency expert with a doctorate from Princeton University -- was being considered as the next NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2253943420080123

This escapade of escallation that he fathered is really working out well. We are able to quell the violence in an area saturated with our young blood, and meanwhile NOTHING gets done.

Guess we are going to just continue this escallation forever. Be damned good for the chimp and his goons. They can all slip quietly out the back door and leave the mess for the next administration to deal with....that and the inflation hitting families buying food and fuel.

Nice going betrayus. You managed to show us how we can keep the canoe afloat...forever. Now, what's your next brilliant idea, just sitting in the middle of the lake without a paddle??

I'm sick of this crap. Nearly 4000 died for NOTHING!! ...not to mention all the wounded, destruction, Iraqi deaths and pain. What a piece of shit!

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