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  • The best way to catch the terrorist snakes is to offer them a fully-televised Jurassic Park to live where they can speak their messages to the world 24/7. Then open the gates and watch them come running in. Lock the gates behind them.

    Revenge is unnecessary. God's impersonal law of the boomerang will take care of that. Why get your hands dirty by punishing a snake for being a snake?

    It's important to study snakes so we can learn to dodge their venom.

  • Ron Paul is my second choice for president.

    David Petraeus is my first.

    

  • @ManoloPrimevera I highly doubt democrats hate him judging by what he says. Republicans on the other hand

  • @crazystarf I'm a liberal and I think General Petraeus is an outstanding man.

  • Petraeus is a legend, I would strongly recomend the book 'the gamble'

  • @m0i0d7i The only people responsible for Afghanistan is the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Iraq was a blunder by Bush....sure. I wouldn't have a problem whatsoever if the former Commander-in-Chief was punished for his crimes. I'd actually applaud it.

  • This guy Petraeus speaks like a community politician. Scary. Wo ist der Führer ???

  • @Lextjaefvel Be respectful and put General in front of his name.....He has definately earned his title. I personally would be all for him running for President. It has been awhile since a 4-star has been a President.

  • To pass this test, can you give correct responce?

    In the song, which goes like this, "Over hill, over dale, 'til we (a.) meet the dusty trail

    (b.) meet the rusty trail, (c.) meet our fait in hell, (d.) hop the bunny trail, or (e.) roll on the money trail, as our (1) country, (2) nation, (c.) sailors, (d.) wagons, (e.) souldiers (f.) or (g.) soldiers, keep marching along? Well, done, daaaahyahwalaboohamagurabatama­sabaca, oorahjaahhaboweah, aoogah! hu, hu, hu, hu, moodabocamasaah!

  • 'including us in our early days i suspect' good stuff. i think like petraeus

  • How misguided do you have to be to support these people? greedy, selfish, lying, mass murderers, FACT. it is not an opinion, IT IS DOCUMENTED that these people have sold america out from under its citizens feet, they aren't fighting for your freedom, they want more for themselves and less for everyone else, and they're going to carry on succeeding in that goal until people wake up and stop fighting and dying for the elite, and instead start fighting for TRUE FREEDOM, UNITY, and LOVE.

  • So General, why not run for president in 2012?

    Is the race too rough & tough for you?

    Afraid you'll get your feelings hurt?

    Not man enough for the job?

    Well, maybe a woman will win in 2012. I'm sorry the job scares you that much, because America could sure use a president as smart as you about now.

  • @eastariel 2016

  • He is not going to run for president. If he does run, he will not get my vote. I don't have the confidence in him to run our government. lol

  • @streetracer20o2 then youre a fool

  • We Turks know very well General Petraeus.This bastard arested and put sack over the Trukish soldiers heads.No Turkish officer will take order and cooperate with this bastard.I hope he suffer a long time and die painfully.

  • @zippo807 He T-bagged you guys? That's not cool.

  • I AM GOING TO CLICK LIKE...CUZ I KNOW THERE IS A FOLLOWING....

    KIDS.....STAY IN SCHOOL..MAYBEE U TOO CAN BE A PRESIDENT ONE DAY...

    I ASSURE YOU ..OUR PRESIDENTS ARE MAKING THE BEST CHOICES FOR ALL OF US...TAKING INTO ACCOUNT...WE DEPEND ON OUR INTERNATIONAL TRADE...SUPPORTING THE U.S.A AND CANADA.....

    DONT PUSH WHAT U DONT UNDERSTAND.

    FINAL ANSWER

    U PUSH.U DONT WORK.

    OUR VIPMEN.HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL

    SLOWTURTLE IS MUCH OLDER THAN THE FAST BUNNY

    GOD BLESS

    AMEN

  • LETS GIVE THE GOVERNMENTS SOME TIME...

    ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY...

    AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT..

    I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON VACATION....

    OR U MUSICAN BOYZ WONT BE WORKING....

    IF I CANT PLAY...

    YOU WILL PAY...

    OR NOT WORK

    OR...UKNOW

  • I dnt why but i like this guy! Wish there were more smart ppl like him who are above him .

  • the highest General in US history.

    actually a good bloke.

  • President Petraeus... Sounds fitting for the new ROME!!! God bless this man.

  • @ManoloPrimevera

    He should run for President

  • Quit talking and finish the fight to victory. A young street fighter has more fight than you my dear overeducated general.

  • You should learn a little bit more about David Petraeus before you go and group him with all the other Generals that you so easily stereotype.

  • He should send his mother and daughter to ROMAN POLANSKY, Moshe Katsev and BERNARD madoff.

    There is not bigger fool and idiot than him on the face of the earth.

    they carried 911 and anthrax to start a war and doomed america economically, morally and the world is rising.

    A european friend of mine always wondered how US could go down before atleast 500 years, now i have seen it has having taken place in the last decade. Bush and Cheney and neocons were truly INDISPENSABLE.

  • @ibnekhaldoun

    Its people like Petraeus that protect America and the freedom of speech that allows you to say the ignorant words you wrote.

    You are a little twit.

  • He's in my book I'm reading called a Company of Soldiers.

  • general Petreaus THE BEST!!! FUCK OBAMA!!!

  • Goddamn look at all those medals and decorations on his jacket! Shit must weigh like 20 pounds. He looks like he has a higher rank than the President lol.

  • He is a four star General.

  • I like this vid becuase it shows his human side and also his sense of humour.

  • wow he has air assualt, and airborne and a ranger tab....

  • @TheNextBestName Not to mention 4 stars, 2 Defense Distinguished Service Medal, 2 Army Distinguished Service Medal, 2 Defense Superior Service Medal, 4 Legion of Merit Awards, 1 Bronze Star with Valor V, and a

    Defense Meritorious Service Medal. This guy is a hero. His dedication to his country is really inspiring. If I become half the soldier he is I will be proud. Probably the greatest military leader since George Washington.

  • to all ya'll that say were a democracy say the pledge of alligance it's says unto this "REPUBLIC" for which it stands people wake the fuck up or ur going to be forever asleep peace... Search republic the search democracy there's a vast difference.....

  • Haha General please keep up the good work and walk around the minefields your critics set up for you. Keep up the work in Iraq

  • Grece invented Direct Democracy, America made a very complicated Democratic Republic. Ours hasent failed us so far ;p

  • Petraeus 2012

  • where are you from bitch?! america is the greatest country on earth and you know that. simple and pure jealousy.

  • f u kfc, go vote for the same 2 zionist parties that rule your life, go eat junk food n die in an awful hospital, masturbatin all day n thinkin ur straight - ur nothing

  • aww heres this jealousy again! if thats all americans are how come we own you at everything? idek where youre from, you wouldnt tell me, i guess youre embarrassed. i would be too...

  • u r so damn stupid that u can't even see it in my profile page. u ain own shit, u fight n die for the billionaires zionist's property. turn off the tv kid

  • Ogh greece! Well that explains it! You cqall them zionist cause over there in 1st century world, youre not familiar with a democracy or captalism.

  • u fuckin turd we invented democracy, where tf do u live? in 400BC? And wtf u callin democracy, the mass media stupefaction of your brain 4 u 2 vote for your killer-president? As i said , go die in your so called hospitals eat some junk american food watch some porn n fuckin die or let's just say ..sleep to live the american dream..

  • I thought the greeks invented democracy thousands of years ago...

    The romans also developed a decent system with senators which the US built on :)

  • FREEDOM... is amazing.

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  • we can say watever the fuck we want according to the constitution unless we are in a PUBLIC place such as AIRPORT, TRAINSTATION, GOVERNTMENT BUILDING not the internet so go screw your mom

  • I think it may be alright to talk with our enemies if there are preconditions set.

  • Patraeus for President 2012. I hope he's up to it.

  • sadly this morning i was watchin CNN and the news guy asked him that question and he said he wont be running for Pres.

    i think he would make a good president

  • Gen. Petraeus is extremely well educated and trained, as well as highly respected and talented. Had he run the war from the beginning we wouldn't even have an insurgency in Iraq. He's the only reason we're even close to leaving Iraq in victory. I don't think we should have ever invaded and occupied Iraq, but if we're going to be in that war I'm glad we are making the best of it with this general.

  • He's doing a great job letting Osama Bin Laden run free while our troops (who I don't really care about at all) die left and right.

    Oh well. Guess it's okay. It'd be better if he DID walk into a mine field and die. Die horribly. God Bless America.

  • How can you say "God Bless America" when you stated that you could care less if troops die.

    I'd like to see you run the nation better. Petraeus has been trained extensively in foreign relations as it pertains to a military stand point. You try graduating from West Point Academy and becoming a 4 star general in the United States Army. The fact is, the man is highly intellegent, knows what he's doing, and probably cares more about his country and the people in it than you ever could imagine.

  • You ought to be tried for treasonous speech, you scum bag.

  • You'd have to go to North Korea for that... There's no such thing as "Treasonous speech" in America... Let's keep it that way!

  • People are so unprincipled nowadays. Just behold the atrocity of Jizedi's (an American's) statement and don't give me a Scandinavian's view of what America should be. You keep your loyalties to Finland; I'll keep mine to the United States.

  • Do you have any frigging idea what freedoms the US constitution grants you?! There is no "treasonous speech" in America, only free speech! You can even shout "Down with USA" from the top of your lungs right in front of the white house without getting into trouble with the law! I don't suppose you want to wipe off the 1st amendment and change all that?

    You call Jizedi's statement an atrocity! A statement isn't an atrocity and speech kills no-one.

  • Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can say anything and get away with it. Take bomb threats and slander for example. When your speech threatens or infringes the basic rights of others, it crosses the line.  And you fail to miss the entire sentiment of my response to Jizedi--who said 1. he could care less that our troops are dying, and 2. he wishes Petraeus were dead. That's the attitude of a traitor, not someone who wants to address the problems and fix things. Sounds like he's Al-Qaeda.

  • Bomb threats and shouting "fire" in a crowded building as well as slander (intentionally telling things about someone that aren't true e.g. "Obama is a muslim and a terrorist") I can understand, as these DO infringe the rights and safety of others, but how the hell does saying "I wish our troops die" fit there? It's not like saying it will make it happen - right?

    It might irritate and offend people who think otherwise, but do you really think people have the right not to be offended?

  • Let me put it to you this way, if you're NOT offended by Jizedi's comments, you have some big problems. I can't believe you want to sit here arguing about whether he's "allowed" to say what he said rather than, as a human being, recognize with me the disgusting, sub-human nature of his remarks. I'm getting the feeling that you either share his sentiments or you just like to argue.

  • Jizedi have the right to say that if he wish the soldiers to die. He got Freedom of Speech, there no treason in that. But if he ever say that to a soldier, well if a soldier feel like it during off duty. Jizedi might get a beating depending on the soldier mood. Jizedi, I dunno who you are. But soldiers have job.A job that they do not like. A lot soldiers rather chill and relax than going out there getting themselve shot at. But someone gotta do it.

  • It was and is the attitude of a traitor. Period.

  • well there you have it, you can always argue against freedom of speech by trying to use language against it but your argument remains in a place of false power, supposedly a lot of countries have some version of freedom of speech and also mental health clinics where what your saying can be evaluated, do you see what i mean its not that simple, your intentions are ultimately confronted you can't hide behind radical words and then say you didn't mean them like it matters.You need to involve media.

  • thats propably why we won the noble prize for peace...

  • Is that Maccain on the left? seriously, does anybody know?

    or is it some other pasty, good old boy?

  • First of all way to be sneak a little bit of racism in there. Secondly McCain's like 5'6 so no its not.

  • But his comment on ensuring the conditions was more directed at staying apolitical than it was supporting McCain or Obama. That's the point I was making.

  • If you can't even try to communicate, you can not not not even think you can win. Obama is wiser than mcCAIN.

  • Petraeus has made a good point to not favor one side politically over the other. The Republicans supported the surge in 2007 and that turned out for the good of the Iraq, and though he never called it a success, it was about as successful as anyone could have hoped for. Now he's basically saying that he supports the position that Obama supports in the upcoming election, well good for him. That just proves that Petraeus isn't supporting one party over the other like he was accused of back in '07

  • OH man- McCain couldn't be more foolish can he? "Obama wants to sit down with enemies and talk to them; that way he will legitimize thier cuase because they are sitting down with Americans oh no!" talking to enemies is bad!!!!man McCain what a dipshit

  • George C. Wallace ran for President in the 1968 election as the American Independent Party candidate. Same party as Sarah and Todd Palin.

    ....

    Wallace adopted hard-line segregationism after he lost the race.He said, you know why I lost that race?... I was outniggered

  • "Any woman who doesnt vote for another woman is going to hell".

    Quote from Sarah Palin

  • xesisgood: Guess I'm headed 4 Hell, then. Could be the many Repulicans allegedly jumping ship R because of Palin. IDK.

  • Guess I'm going to hell.

    What an idiot Sarah Palin is!!!!1

  • Petraeus ... Petraeus ... Petraeus ... that's all John McCain wants to quote. As usual, John McCain is the "MASTER OF MIS-QUOTES." John McCain has a talent for twisting truths and presenting half truths.

  • so obama is right and mccain + rest of republicans + hillary is wrong. obama wants to talk to Iran. the rest of the hill-billies do not want that because Iran is Arab.

  • Ugh.. Iran is Persian, you dolt.

  • From a non-American (specifically British) point of view, Petraeus is much more eloquent and far more encouraging a representative of the US than McCain or Palin. Why doesn't anyone want to elect him instead?

  • From a non-American (specifically Canadian) point of view, I could not agree with you more.

  • Ouch! Now if only he would have just shut his mouth, he would have been misquoted without anyone realizing it. Obama 08'

  • Talking to enemies has been a part of psychological warfare since before the Trojan war.

    But only works if your smarter than your enemies...

  • Why is having as little people as possible disagreeing with us such a bad idea? Our macho "we're too good to negotiate" idea shouldn't be taken to heart beyond petty criminals. When it comes to people who are willing to blow themselves the fuck up, maybe we should like, LISTEN to what they have to say? I mean shit, people! The more two people stab each other with their backs turned, the worse it will get for both.

  • Obama wins again on another key issue

  • LOL, Patraeus said he believes that things must be "set up" Ie preconditions. And only those that were ready and reconcilable were talked to. For instance AQ was NOT talked to. Obama in no way won this talking point.

  • Incorrect, he said that they sat down with those shooting them, and identified who was and was not reconcilable. It is impossible to identify if someone is persuadable, if you never speak to them. The set-up component merely identifies that there is an organized process to it, including objectives -- which might not include requirements on their parts, aka without precondition. This supports Obama's position.

  • So your saying Patraeus supports talking to Al Queda? Haha, quit equivocating. Often "talking" is used by a inferior military to bide time or gain legitimacy which is quite counterproductive. Iran is trying to stall for time to proliferate like Hiltler used 'talking' to solidify his power before launching an aggressive military campaign.

  • Common sense says they can ramp up armed forces for an aggressive hostilities EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ENGAGED IN TALKING. Your point makes absolutely no sense. Talk about "equivocating".

  • Thousandsof children and women killed? Nelson a terrorist? Then the white boere folk were all nazis if you would list their crimes. There is a huge difference between the ANC and Al Qaeda. ANC wanted majority rule and Al Qaeda wants every one to be a Muslim . . . or die. What's there to negotiate about? The people where I come from see only one response. Fetch your gun. The only way to really beat the radical Muslims is to liberate their women.

  • Diplomacy... haven't seen much of that over the last eight years. Won't see much of it for the next four is McCain is elected.

  • EXACTLY! That's what some of us are talking about. I want to see more GOOD DIPLOMACY PRACTICE by the next US president. It is the lack of it that in great part has us in the difficult position we're in today.

  • ooops

    there goes mccains reputation on foreign policy

    wait a minute he supported Iraq ....so where did he even get foreign policy cred. ??

    from being held hostage? i think not...

  • Obviously the more the enemy believes that you have the power and the will to continue to fight, the better the outcome of any communication.

  • Winston Churchill used to say It's better to go jaw to jaw than war to war!

  • Wonder if winston ever regretted "jaw to Jaw" time he gave Hitler that resulted in him solidifying his power and murdering tens of millions of people.

  • Wonder if you could find out who was in power during the "jaw to Jaw" time before you started blaming Winston...

  • Not blaming him, Winston actually warned Britain of the danger of talking to Hitler instead of attacking him, but no one listened until it was too late. Obama is a reflection of a loss of political will in America, and his policies will lead to Iran proliferating.

    It is just common sense that Iran will not stop trying to proliferate and that talking to them about it is pointless and only buys them more time. I suppose the Israelis will have to handle it...

  • Churchill was not against TALKING to Hitler, he was against APPEASING Hitler [ie Neville Chamberlain GIVING AWAY CZECHOSLAVAKIA] BIG DIFFERENCE "my friend". Common sense says just b/c you talk, doesn't mean you are giving them a god darned thing.

  • It seems the problem with tension all over the world is LACK of communication, it's nuts because of modern tech. we communicate faster than ever in history. One thing nobody is talking about is the President of Iran is not that powerfull, he is a moron and his own people know it, and so does Washington. The Ayatollahs,4 or 5 of them, have power, not the idiot that spews his BS we see. From what I've read they don't see things the way he does. I support Israel, so bomb them, but talk first.

  • take this Mclame , you shit head.

    BTW is he suggesting that Americans are thug ????

  • PETRAEUS FOR OBAMA!!! He said exactly what Obama has been saying this whole time. There was a time when we, as Americans, were considered to be terrorists against England. Yet, we changed the name from terrorists to Patriots...LOL. The Spaniards were also terrorists who used germ warfare against the Natives to destroy them.

  • No this is not what Obama is saying. Obama stated that The President should talk to these terrorists and Petraeus is stating diplomats talk to the terrorists which is what we have been doing all along. McCain is still right the President should not sit down with these people/ nations with no preconditions.

  • An old chinese saying is:

    "A hand you cannot chop off you have to shake"

  • Can someone tell me what debate the remark was said at?

  • Most high ranking men in our military are very intelligent and it makes me sad to see they have to follow the lead of someone who knows much less about the world and the military. They understand that our forces are there to defend democracy, not to spread it. You spead democracy by being a good representative of it.

  • Well put.

  • That's amazing that Patraeus thinks we need to talk to our enemies!!!!

    Wonder what McCain feels about this event!!

    Obama was right again!!!

  • Petraeus for Obama!!!

  • I was hoping for a third land-mine analogy.

  • Though I do not know what affiliation he would run under, this man would probably make an excellent president some day. Peaches for President 2016.

  • Very well said.

  • Clearly an honest man. The "herd" will have this pass over their heads...they won't understand that Ron Paul, Obama and other wise men with sound judgement do not take the path of war like John McCain has a first choice option. Thank God.

  • War should be a last resort.

    You should, of course, sit down & talk first, even with your enemies.

    Almost all former Secretaries of State believe that.

    And we have indications Saddam wanted to talk with Bush to see what else he could do to satisfy him (he was already allowing inspectors to look for WMDs anywhere they wanted -- even tearing up his palaces).

    The war in Iraq may have been avoided through USA/Iraq talks, unless it was really all about oil all along.

  • John McCain 2002:

    "I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. I was sixty-two years old when I made the decision and I thought it was my one shot at the prize."

    "Ambition First"

  • great. so now we know mccain is not a general. we do know he was a schlock pilot though. yeah, he crashed 5 planes before being shot down over vietnam. sean hannity says they broke every bone in mccain's body when they captured him. i'll bet they even crammed it up his poop chute when they discovered he was the son of an admiral who actually instigated the vietnam war in the gulf of tonkin. no wonder he doesn't want to talk to his enemies. military victims are not the best choice for leadership.

  • It's common sense to talk to your enemies. There are people in our Society and outside of it that do not want us to talk to our Enemies. If we did, problems might get resolved, and they can't have that.

  • Gen. Petraeus for President '12!

  • OBAMA DID NOT SAY PRESIDENTS SHOULD MEET.

    He has made this clear OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

  • Nation of Islam leader Farakhan has just revealed that "Obama is the messiah we've been waiting for." He really said it!

    Will Obama reveal to the world who he really is on the 29th on C BS?

  • Omg, he said something. How frightening.

  • Wow who would have thunk it,,,,,, McCain talk to the General again!!!  Obama has been right!!!

  • lol minefield, that's a classic

  • Details. Petraeus said that you have to set things up. That's "pre-conditions". He also said you don't do it with everyone, you have to pick them. Obama said he would meet with any of them without any pre-conditions.

    webxsuccess, glad to know there are still some level headed Democrats. Didn't think there were any.

  • Thanks for clearing that up for people.

  • SHUT IT.Obama said you talk to them WITH conditions.And Petraeus agrees.Warmonger republicans on the other hand would want to pick a fight with everyone and get the country further into debt.even Bush recently wanted to to get a diplomatic mission in Iran which is what Obama has always said.Once u start on a war path u alienate America's allies and are hated even more and the terrorism never ends.stupid republicans can never understand that.McPalin want war with Russia and Iran.Thats just stupid

  • Thank you, General Petraeus. Barack has been saying this all along.

    And McCain is so losing it that his conduct makes me sick.

    And, no, webxsuccess, YOU'RE A LYING PIECE OF CRAP OR A RACIST!

  • No DillonX...Webxsuccess just a Moron.

  • Holy crap - what on Earth has McCain been running on all this time? He has been heavily quoting Petraeus left n right and never checked to see if Petraeus SUPPORTS Obama's diplomacy push? Unreal the nerve of McCain and Republicans and their campaign of complete deception, inciting hatred, and some to violence.

    Enough.

  • If Christians followed the word of Christ, Buddhists followed the word of Buda, and Muslims followed the word of Mohamed, the world would be a better place.

  • Conversely, if everyone gave up on their silly make believe fairy tales the world would be even better.

  • Yes because unbelievers are so kind, and fair, and compassionate.

    My favorite bumpersticker:

    Republicans Pit Man against his fellow Man, Democrats do the exact opposite.

    We are all alike and until we ALL learn humility, and to put others before ourselves, the planet is doomed.

  • McOld, now what?

  • Go Patraeus, teach Grandpa Simpson a thing or two about shooting his mouth off about war.

  • Thank you! Its good to know that the General understands the importance of diplomacy. Of course, that understanding is probably why he's in charge in the first place.

  • go Obama!

  • Wow and to hear it from the front man in IRAQ

    its amazing...

    The US needs to get back to its diplomatic stance that was the standard worldwide..

    We were a beacon of light..

    now we torture..??

  • McCain doesn't want to talk to the enemy.

    Our general and every other sane general does it all the time!

    McCain is therefore a retard and don't get me me started about Palin, which basicly, she is a law-breaking liar. And Oct. 10th She broke Alaska State Law.

  • well, to be technical, i think she was found to have abused her public office, not to have broken alaska state law. anyway, she has a great ass and nice tits, which is enough for most people. and yes, mccain is officially a retard...

  • BURN BABY BURN!

  • BURN!

  • Smart guys like this (plus General Norman Schwarzkopf and Colin Powell) never run for elected office... What a same.

  • McCain just got OWNED!

  • I think what Petraeus ment to say was that England is used to sitting down with people trying to stop the invasion of their country, aka resistance. not thugs. The English have experience in the art of invading other countries to financially exploit them like the US is doing to Iraq right now. After all they have their global empire...it was in "free trade" and now it is in banking.

  • McCain and his minions have called Obama: "terrorist", "baby killer", "kill him", "Hooligan", "Arab", "that one"...

    All that was said of Obama in the past few days and Obama is a fellow American!

    So, I really don't expect McCain to show any respect or civility to other world leaders.

  • everyone just wait a few more days, when colin powell endorses obama.

    this election is almost over.

  • you obviously have self esteem issues.

    don't get off the internets much do you?

  • NICE TO SEE MCCAIN EAT HIS OWN SHIT

  • NICE TO SEE MCCAIN EAT HIS OWN SHIT

  • "McCain" is the antonym of "respectful"

  • sure he says whatever he wants, i don't think he means it

  • He meant "with preconditions" right? No? Hmm, who woulda thunked it.

  • keep your friends close, keep your friends closer!

    That is the ONLY WAY we can bring peace to the world and to US

  • Wow, I never realised Petraeus was such an intelligent person, considering all the idiots who constantly chant his name. Seems like someone with wit, tact, and a grasp of history & political reality. In short, all the things Palin lacks. What's pathetic is the way Republicans are trying to use this issue as a stick to hit Obama with. 'Preconditions' means that you restrict talks by limiting the criteria discussed before they start. I doubt Petraeus would have had such success like that.

  • Oh yeah. Petraeus is VERY intelligent. It's just that our nation elected George W. Bush as commander-in-chief of our military forces. It is General Petraeus's job to follow the orders of the CnC, and he is doing the best he can with the hand he's been dealt. I have much respect for this man.

    It's dangerous when we elect a leader whose personal interests do not coincide with American interests.

  • King,your dead on! There is the fact that most of Bush's generals will resign if he invades Iran too. How many retired generals have come out and said Bush was wrong in Iraq? Damn near all of them. Let's take Iraq's $80 billion in surplus and get the hell out!

  • wow you have to talk to enemies?....Mccain swore that he didnt say that