I do hate troll threads which start out like this one did.

In addition to denigrating the President, the Vice President, the Security Council and the American Ambassador to Afghanistan (only the Secretary of State escaped the denigration), McChrystall also denigrated the other national forces (including the British troops) under the UN command.

I'm happy with Obama's new choice, General Petraeus. He's an experienced military man and highly intelligent. I thinks he's the rare general that the troops respect as do the civilian leadership, and most likely do the vast majority of the American public.

Charley Noble