monstrous things do happen in war strings, no doubt my friend you are correct that shameful things went on. They do on all sides in a war and there is no excuse for it. But the commanding general isn't on the field, he leaves the field command to his officers in charge. What I saw was his swift reaction when he found our horrible stuff like the prison thing.

Water boarding and such was not his fault I think. The CIO conducted those interrogations with outside contractors to keep their hands clean. All was a disgrace but I don't blame Petraeous for it. He is not political, he is a military leader nothing more. For me, it was all Cheney