General David Petraeus for President in 2012?

Why, in the midst of 2008's Presidential Campaign, would someone even be discussing the 2012 race, let alone advocating General David Petraeus, who is in the midst of the most difficult assignment of his career, pacifying Iraq?

Why do liberal columnists write about strategies to defeat a Petraeus run for the Presidency?

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What kind of supreme competence does it take to turnaround Iraq? What kind of leadership is that of General Petraeus?

These are questions that need answering.

What kind of man is of the mind to literally write the book on counterinsurgency strategy, and meanwhile of the stature to implement those very ideas?

Can Petraeus really pull it off in Iraq?

Will he run for President in spite of his avowed disinterest in the idea?

These are questions that need answering.