The Prisoner of Gen . Petraeus
by Pat Buchanan
For an interesting perspective See:
http://www.townhall.com
President Obama is being hailed for toughness in his firing of Gen. McChrystal and brilliance in his replacing him as Afghan
field commander with Gen. David Petraeus, who managed the George W. Bush “surge” in Iraq that saved this nation from an
ignominious defeat.
Herewith, a dissent.
More critically, Obama just made himself hostage to a savvy general who is said to dream of one day holding Obama's office.
Consider the box Obama just put himself in. In 2009, he sacked Gen. David McKiernan and replaced him with his own man, Gen.
McChrystal. Now, he has sacked McChrystal and replaced him with Petraeus.
Obama is either going to make Petraeus happy by meeting his demands for more troops or make the Left happy-who will it be?.