The joke I heard before the testimony in Washington my General Petraeus was that he was considering a presidential run. Seems like everyone in America is considering doing that! However, I was surprised today to find that it might not be a joke.
An Iraqi official recalled a conversation with the general back in 2005 when Sabah Khadim, then a senior adviser at Iraq's Interior Ministry, asked Patraeus if he was considering a run for president in 2008. Patraeus then responded, “No, that would be too soon”. The story is in The Independent .
Patraeus is known as a man of great ambition throughout military circles, and should the latest strategy succeed in Iraq, he would be a viable candidate for the GOP in 2012. As it stands he is the best known soldier in America at the moment and considering the motley group of GOP candidates, perhaps they should have drafted him earlier as a candidate.
Considering his political ambitions, his testimony should be weighed for its spin content before being taken as the actual situation on the ground in Iraq.
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