This is a big promotion for Petraeus amid speculation that he will stand as Republican candidate for the presidency in 2016. He is seen by some as a national hero in the US but so is Justin Bieber. He devised the surge to nowhere in Iraq and has tried to follow it up in Afghanistan. I wonder how that's going.That military background plus the CIA job will provide him with a good platform should be opt to run for the White House.The shifts have been prompted by the long planned retirement of the defence secretary, Robert Gates, who served in the post under George W Bush and was asked by Obama to stay on. Petraeus was due to leave his post in Afghanistan at the end of the year. How about President Petraeus backed up by Vice President McChrystal and Secretary of State Palin in 2016?
I totally agree.
ReplyDeleteThey are filling up his resume.
He will make one or two more stops before 2016.
They might even run him as a V.P. contender [test] in 2012 if this gets waaaaaaay out of hand.
Seems like the chess board of players are all moving before the end of the year.
Wonder why?????? :-)
It is a chess board as you say, RZ. It's getting a bit like 3-dimensional chess now for my brain . There is not a national leader in the world who has half the statesmanship needed to assimilate the changes we are witnessing across the globe. Where is he, this political messiah? Could it be you or me in 2016? Lol. This post carries a black humour warning. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is not so much the individual [leader] any more.
ReplyDeleteIt is the whole effen mind set that is out of wack.
I am of the belief that only major global pain will bring about the change that is needed to save humanity.