General David Petraeus

General David Petraeus says that the United Arab Emirates' air force could take out the entire Iranian air force.Let's go to the videotape.Hmmm.More about this story here. I wonder if the UAE is afraid enough of an Iranian nuke to play ball with us.  

AFP - US regional military commander General David Petraeus on Wednesday called Washington's fight against terrorism in Afghanistan "successful," even if Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has not been captured.  

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan, Monday, conveyed serious concerns to the US with regard to the growing Indian involvement in destabilising Pakistan through Afghanistan.These concerns were raised with the US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus during his separate meetings with political and military leaders of the country.Online adds: US General David Petraeus again assured that new Afghan policy will not affect national interests of the...  

Head of US Central Command General David Petraeus believes Al Qaeda still plans for more attacks to spur the media. Reduced numbers of foreign fighters across the borders with Iraq is due to the difficulty Al Qaeda is facing and not owing to Syrian efforts in this regard. During his participation ...  

Lahore, Dec. 14 : US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus is aiming to pressure on Pakistan's civilian and military leadership to do more against the Afghan Taliban operating inside Pakistani territory.  

The United States' top general, David Petraeus, has told a Senate hearing that progress in Afghanistan is likely to be slower than it was in Iraq after he took command. General Petraeus told the Senate's foreign relations committee that a change in ...  

Anti-War - CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus conceded again that the war in Afghanistan will continue to "get harder before it gets easier.". . .But as the war continues to worsen, Gen. Petraeus doesn’t want to hear any complaints, insisting that Congress should “reserve judgement” on the new strategy for at least a year.Gen Petraeus is just the latest in a growing chorus of military commanders conceding that the record violence of 2009...  

Manama. Pakistan needs to put pressure on the leadership of the Afghan Taliban operating inside its borders for long-term progress to be made in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus said on Sunday, AFP informs. "(To make) the really significant ...  

On Fox News Sunday today, General David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, responded to a pointed question from journalist Chris Wallace with a surprising answer. To the question, “Did the President ever acknowledge that the surge in Iraq was successful?” Petraeus answered “He did, in fact”. Having seen this with my own [...]  

Washington: Violence in Afghanistan may climb in the short-term, along with internal government turmoil, US General David Petraeus told Congress on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to reserve judgment on the new war strategy for a full year. Petraeus, who ...  

Manama, Bahrain - The number of European NATO troops in Afghanistan should swell beyond the 8,000 troops already promised, US Central Command chief General David Petraeus said at a security summit on Sunday. President Barack Obama has recently pledge...  

WALLACE: I'm Chris Wallace and this is "Fox News Sunday." President Obama announces a new strategy for Afghanistan. We'll get specifics from the head of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, the man who wrote the book on counterinsurgency. It ...  

Gen. David Petraeus may be registered as a Republican but he didn't vote for John McCain for president in 2008. When Petraeus became a two-star general in 2002 he stopped voting. "When I was promoted to major general, it seemed like a quiet thing at the time, but it's perhaps taken on bigger ramifications," Petraeus [...]  

US Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of the US Central Command, testifies befo... US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (L) listens to Lt. Gen. David M. Rodrigue... A US soldier plays with an Afghan child at a camp in eastern Khas Kunar. Th... The US general who masterminded a troop surge in Iraq said that  

WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. general is telling Congress that progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the surge of American forces in Iraq two years ago. Gen. David Petraeus, who executed the Iraq surge in 2007 ...