Stringsinger-

I think Petraeus was the best general we've had in the last 10 years or so. Now the war in Iraq itself should never have been started, and GWB and his neocons were totally responsible for orchestrating it. Petraeus did the messy job of extracting us from Iraq while providing necessary training for the new Iraqi government. He was indeed a hawk, but one who followed orders; he was no Patton or MacArthur. Unfortunately, like so many others you've mentioned, he failed with regard to personal morality and that does matter.

Charley Noble