Petraeus Backpedals on Victory Remark

Gen. David Petraeus backpedaled on his previous statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee that he did not know if victory in Iraq would make America safer. Questioned about his earlier remark, Petraeus told Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), "Having focused down and down and down [on Iraq] at first glance, that was something I'd let others above me answer."

A four-star general and Commander of the Coalition Forces in Iraq, and he gets confused over whether the war will make America safer, or would pass that to his chain of command to answer?

Notice how Petraeus holds his head down the entire time he answers. Very uncharacteristic.

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