Robert Dreyfuss

The McChrystal crisis erupted so quickly that Obama had no time to carefully consider who might replace him and Petraeus undoubtedly seemed like the obvious choice. Plus, he has close ties to the military in Pakistan

Neocons, war profiteers, and hardliners of all stripes must be laughing into their sleeves while they continue to claim that the way to battle low-tech, rag-tag bands of leftover Al Qaeda crazies is by huge spending on massively expensive, massively