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Home Front: Politix
Petraeus leaves Army to head CIA
2011-08-31
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Posted by:ryuge

#6  ROTFL
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-08-31 15:51  

#5  All generals are political, that is how you make general. However, some are also the real deal and Petraeus is one of those as well. His time at the CIA out to be interesting in the Chinese sense for the career butt-kissers and bureaucratic barnacles that infest the agency.
Posted by: shieldwolf   2011-08-31 14:01  

#4  Petraeus is a political general, Pollyannas.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-08-31 13:54  

#3  Ah'm thinking that's part of the deal.
Posted by: Skidmark   2011-08-31 13:29  

#2  That's why he's bringing along Seal Team 6.
Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165   2011-08-31 13:28  

#1  the question is can he actually wrest control of the CIA from its entrenched bureaucrats?
Posted by: George Spaique6485   2011-08-31 13:18  

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