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Petraeus Says Reports About His Stance on Israel Were "Flat Wrong"

By Philip Klein on 3.25.10 @ 12:49AM

Earlier today, I had the chance to ask Gen. David Petraeus to respond to the recent debate over his position on how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict affects the broader U.S. objectives in the region. A number of blog and media reports have suggested that Petraeus is increasingly concerned that failure to resolve the conflict, and the perception in the Arab world that the U.S. is too reflexively pro-Israel, is significantly jeopardizing U.S. objectives in the region -- and even putting American troops in greater danger. I plan to write more on this, but first I wanted to post the video of my full exchange with Petraeus, which occurred during a press conference prior to his Wednesday appearance at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. If you aren’t familiar with the story, here’s the post on Foreign Policy’s website that started the controversy, which Petraeus told me was wrong in all the key respects. And here’s the Max Boot post from Commentary that Petraeus told me accurately reflects his position.

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Benson| 3.25.10 @ 1:26AM

I love General Petraeus but he could never be a politician. That was 6 minutes and 50 seconds for about a minute answer. I thought he was going to start explaining the history of Africa Command for a moment.

Sarah Baynes| 3.25.10 @ 6:34AM

Petraeus for PResident. He says "Gosh". What a refreshing word in light of all the vocabulary vulgarity in our world.

HJK| 3.25.10 @ 8:56AM

This hits the left in their Israel-hating soft spot and is a real service in clearing up the General's position.
This is a great man, and I use the word with care.
I believe his strong statement that he will not run.
But the ball remains in the GOP leadership court.
This is a Cinncinatus moment in history. The nation needs him. An appeal must be made to
him when the time is right just as it was to Eiseenhower who also was reluctant to run.
He may remain firm but we have to try and try
again. The prospect of another three years of Obama is bad enough. But adding another four
on top of it is too terrible to contemplate for what ever is left of our freedom by then.
General I believe you. But please when the
options run out for the party please reconsider.
Until then we should indeed respect his decision
as final. But as the nation hangs in the balance
we won't worry about flip-flopped positions,

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