GEN. PETRAEUS, PART II: I posted on the initial announcement here. PowerLine has some thoughts I agree with:

I can't help wondering whether Obama himself feels any discomfort at turning to the hero of the Iraq surge to try to bail the administration out in Afghanistan. After all, Obama opposed the Iraq surge before it happened, and after the fact claimed that it had made only modest gains and was not responsible for the most significant improvements in Iraq.

This video from September 2007 reminds us that before Obama became a lousy President, he was a lousy Senator. Watch as he badgers Petraeus and ambassador Crocker and belittles their efforts in Iraq; almost eight minutes go by before either witness gets a word in.

You have to admire Gen. Petraeus for accepting an assignment from a Commander-in-Chief he cannot possibly respect, and I have to wonder if it’ll be “Bush’s fault” if Gen. Petraeus fails under Obama’s onerous restrictions.