[Porsche-O-Phile]

So you actually believe Petraeus DOESN'T have his lips firmly on Bush's ass?

Please.

The Iraq testimony he gave was nothing but a party-line "feel-good". He's in a difficult position, I get that (and probably most people do), with a low probability of success. . . but I'd respect him more if there's been more original thought and objective analysis of the situation rather than more of the same-old, same-old.

"Continue the s(pl)urge!"
"We need more time"
"The Iraqis are becoming more self-sufficient"
"We'll start a draw-down next year (that we were going to anyway before the $urge began)"

I'm sure he's a good soldier, but he did one thing "good soldiers" do too well - he followed orders and did/said exactly what he was told to, no questions asked and no thought given.