That was a loaded question by a politician trying to score points. Petraeus gave an honest answer. An even better answer would have been to say that such political judgments were for the civilian leadership to make.
The counter-question to Warner's question is this- if we change course and pull out our troops, would America be less safe? Would America's national security interests be harmed by a civil war in Iraq, or by a wider conflict that draws in Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia? On 9/11/07, Gruss wrote: > > Sen Warner: > "Are you able to say at this time, if we continue what you've laid > before the Congress here as a strategy, do you feel that is making > America safer?" Warner asked. > > Gen Petraeus: > "Sir, I believe that this is indeed the best course of action to > achieve our objectives in Iraq." > > Sen Warner: > "Does that make America safer?" Warner asked again. > > Gen Petraeus: > "Sir, I don't know actually." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242203 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
