General David Petraeus

Obama Faces Revolt From Generals Over Strategy In Afghanistan

Rolling Stone | Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


In early October, as President Obama huddled with top administration officials in the White House situation room to rethink America's failing strategy...

General Petraeus Joins Troops Diagnosed With Cancer

R. B. Stuart | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


R. B. Stuart

In 2003 General Petraeus led the troops into the massive battle of "shock and awe" in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 101st Airborne was the first to pav...

Afghanistan: Presidential Double Standards and Military Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.

History Has Not Yet Judged Bush

James Denselow | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


James Denselow

Certainly Bush's rewriting of his Iraq legacy will be helped by his decision to reverse his earlier policies, abandoning the idealism of the top-down reinvention of Iraq, for reality-based pragmatism.

Jason Linkins

Miranda Rights For Detainees Started Under Bush Administration

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media


Over at the Washington Independent, Spencer Ackerman's been diligently live-blogging General David Petraeus' keynote address to the third annual Cente...

Jason Linkins

Obama Mideast Trip Exposes The Secret Muslimness Of Brian Williams (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media


Sweet Golly Goshens but does Matt Drudge have the scooplet of the century! He's got a picture of NBC Nightly News anchorman Brian Williams -- who was...

Report on Cheney Shows Why We Need The Truth

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

Did Dick Cheney knowingly send intelligence officials to Congress to mislead them about the use of waterboarding? Did the Vice President himself?

Petraeus Says U.S. Violated Geneva Conventions - What Will Cheney and Rush Say?

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

I was stunned when Gen. Petraeus admitted today that the United States has violated the Geneva Conventions.

Gen. Petraeus: US Violated Geneva Convention

Crooks And Liars | Posted 06.29.2009 | World


Gen. Petraeus joined FOX News and Martha MacCallum today and gave a blockbuster interview, but not one Fox expected. Once again, he called for the res...

Obama Makes Terrible Mistake by Not Releasing Pictures

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

Obama has not just protected the torturers, but empowered them. They now get to claim they tried to protect America and that anyone who tries to show their misdeeds endangers America.

Weapons of Mass Influence - Undermining Terrorism - An Interview With Jerrold M. Post

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


Yvonne R. Davis

Dr. Post offers a step-by-step approach for political, military and ideological actions to induce behavioral, emotional and attitudinal changes to manage and minimize a "war" we just can't win.

Petraeus: Israel Might Attack Iran

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.02.2009 | World


The top U.S. commander in the Middle East, General David Petraeus, warned today that Israel might attack Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear we...

"Mission Accomplished" Bush Gets the Last Laugh in Iraq and Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

For years, George W. Bush has been roundly criticized, even lampooned, for declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. But maybe declaring "Mission Accomplished" was not that crazy after all.

Petraeus Leaked Misleading Story On Pullout Plans: IPS Analysis

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 03.12.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (IPS) - The political maneuvering between President Barack Obama and his top field commanders over withdrawal from Iraq has taken ...

Richard Holbrooke: Afghanistan Will Be "Much Tougher Than Iraq"

Washingtonpost.com | Craig Whitlock | Posted 03.11.2009 | World


MUNICH, Feb. 8 -- President Obama's national security team gave a dire assessment Sunday of the war in Afghanistan, with one member calling it a chall...

Obama To Meet With War Council On First Full Day

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's promise to end the war in Iraq will be on the agenda Wednesday when the new commander in chief meets with ...

Counterinsurgency Field Manual: Afghanistan Edition

Foreign Policy | Posted 02.12.2009 | World


For the past five years, the fight in Afghanistan has been hobbled by strategic drift, conflicting tactics, and too few troops. The chairman of the Jo...

Mumbai Is Quiet, But What's Next?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 01.09.2009 | World


Yvonne R. Davis

Beyond the Mumbai attacks, the larger issue looms of what to do and how the U.S. is going to deal with global terrorism.

Petraeus: "I Do Think You Have To Talk To Enemies" (VIDEO)

TPM | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


So General Petraeus agrees with Barack Obama -- and not John McCain -- on the question of whether we should meet with hostile enemies? In an intervie...

Petraeus Recommends Delay In Troop Cuts, Signaling Doubts About Iraq Stability

LA Times | Julian E. Barnes | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON -- Army Gen. David H. Petraeus has recommended that President Bush postpone sharp troop cuts in Iraq until next year, delaying a large-scal...

Petraeus: Troops May Leave Baghdad Next Summer

Financial Times | Demetri Sevastopulo | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home


General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, said declining violence in Baghdad raised the possibility that American combat troops could leav...

Petraeus: I Will Never Hold Office In This Country

Huffington Post | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media


General David Petraeus sat for another round of interviews in D.C. today following his second round of Capitol Hill hearings, and it's clear he doesn'...

Jason Linkins

Pelosi Calls Out Petraeus For Parroting Bush Spin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


We noted yesterday the bizarre way that General Petraeus' testimony changed between his Tuesday appearance before the Senate committees and his Wednes...

Jason Linkins

WaPo's Milbank Compares GOP Lawmakers To Prostitutes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics


As extraordinary as it may be to see Republican lawmakers throwing dispute and critique in the direction of White House darling General David Petraeus...

Jason Linkins

WSJ Iraq Editorial Offers Readers The Most Clueless Graf Ever

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


This astounding paragraph from an editorial in yesterday's Wall Street Journal was read into the record of this afternoon's House committee hearings w...