Like Churchill and Ike; Untie hands of Gen. Petraeus in Iraq.(OPED)(OWLS AND EAGLES)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: February 21, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Harlan Ullman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Gen. David H. Petraeus is certainly no Clark Kent, the "mild mannered and meek" character of yesteryear's comic books. But is the general Superman? Because, to turn the chaos in Iraq into a semblance of order, it will take someone possessing superpowers.

Gen. Petraeus has inherited, or has been dealt, a very weak hand. President Bush upped the ante with a no-limit pot, betting everything on his new Iraqi strategy. The responsibility for playing that hand has been placed by the president squarely and almost entirely on the wiry ...

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