Gen. Betray-us, or Petraus (as he prefers to be called), is the only General that G.W. Bush could find in 2004 that didn't oppose his ongoing slaughter in Iraq.
Betray-us insisted that G.W. Bush could come out of this occupation in Iraq, as a "Hero" in his history books, as Bush was looking for a General who could make this happen , as he said, even George Washington, is still being talked about today!
In other words, there was not one General worth his salt, that didn't tell Bush, you are fighting a Losing Battle in Iraq, but it wasn't want his tender ears wanted to hear (ie. the Truth)
Instead he propped up Betray-us to get him out of this fix he dug America into in Iraq.,and save his face for the History books.
Well, the latest word is that Betray-us & Bush insist the "surge worked" and things are far rosier today because of it.
As G.w. Bush is not known for brains whatsoever, or
looking ahead, as an Intelligent person would, of course this is not true.
Things are just as bad as ever, and the ONLY reason there are less killings there each day is because America is Buying (with cold hard cash), the informant's and their information.
ONCE the Americans leave this country, no matter in what year that is, then, all of course is lost immediately(without the payoffs to the informants)
Is that Democracy in action?

Using my brain, I'd say, NOT.
Here is just today's news:
2 Huge Suicide Bombings today alone.(there is at least one per day) you don't hear about.
One in a Tent of a Funeral (the governor's aide who they wanted to target, actually escaped of course, and only his son & other relatives were killed instead)
"Later, I returned to the tent when I heard the voices of the wounded begging for help," he said. "There was chaos everywhere, but we managed to carry out the dead and the wounded."