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Petraeus Op-ed on Iraq is the latest in his elaborate comeback
By Brian Jones, October 30th from Business Insider
America loves a comeback kid, and Former CIA Director and retired Army Gen. David Petraeus is on a comeback tour.
After resigning in disgrace as Director of the CIA last year because of an extra-martial affair, Petraeus has worked hard at getting back to a good place in the eyes of the American people.
The first step was a philanthropic tour as a professor at New York City's public university, for which he was paid just $1.
It didn't go as well as planned, as students affiliated virulently protested his presence there. Six were eventually arrested.
But why is Petraeus so invested in rehabilitating his image? Perhaps he is mulling a run for political office. Maybe he is just trying to protect a once virtually spotless legacy.
The keystone of that legacy is the belief that Petraeus won the war in Iraq. He commanded the war during President George W. Bush's "surge" and is widely heralded as the architect of the Counterinsurgency strategy that surge forces worked to implement.
Yesterday, Petraeus took the next step toward that end with an exhaustive, nearly 8,000 word op-ed in Foreign Policy called "How We Won In Iraq."
The timing is odd. Right now, Iraq is on fire. More than 7,000 civilians have been killed this year, a pretty clear indication that whatever perceived security gains were made prior to the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. combat forces were not sustainable. And so it's strange for Petraeus to take this moment to remind everyone about his greatest "success" in Iraq.
And yet he does, in dense fashion. Using the word "surge" 74 times.
"I recognized early on that I had become the face of the surge," he writes. "I had not asked for this role, but whether I liked it or not, I had to fill it."
He breaks his editorial down into sections:
The Surge of Forces and the Surge of Ideas
The Sunni Awakening and Reconciliation
Targeted Special Operations
The Development of Iraqi Security Forces
The Civilian Components
Detainee Operations and Rule-of-Law Initiatives
The Iraqi Political Component and Strategic Communications
The Magnitude of the Difficulty
Commanding MNF-I
The Road Ahead
Petraeus shows off his Ivy League doctorate in political science and years of first-hand experience in the region. And regardless of the motives, it's a remarkable account from the perspective of the general who ran the war — a rare historical insight.
He also addresses some of the more questionable and ambiguous history of U.S. operations in Iraq, including whether the surge precipitated the Anbar Awakening.
He concedes that the Anbar Awakening started before the surge, and before he arrived in the region, but he claims his strategies made it spread throughout Iraq.
"The spread of the Awakening was not serendipity; it was the result of a deliberate decision I took soon after taking command," he says.
But embracing the Awakening often meant forming alliances with the same people who had previously been fighting American forces for years. Petraeus acknowledged it was a tough sell to other military leaders.
"Many correctly pointed out that the leaders and members of the groups that wanted to reconcile with us groups that might be willing to embrace the Awakening ... had American blood on their hands."
Simultaneous to the surge, Petraeus, working with the then commander of the Joint Special Operations Command, a lieutenant general named Stanley McChrystal, expanded a program to capture or kill high-level operatives.
"Although I publicly acknowledged from the outset that we would not be able to kill or capture our way to victory (hence the need to support the Awakening)," Petraeus writes, "killing or capturing the most important of the 'irreconcilables' was an inescapable and hugely important element of our strategy."
He concluded by saying that Iraq has slipped back into chaos because the surge tactics stopped:
What mattered most was the surge of ideas -- concepts that embraced security of the people by "living with them," initiatives to promote reconciliation with elements of the population that felt they had no incentive to support the new Iraq, ramping up of precise operations that targeted the key "irreconcilables," the embrace of an enhanced comprehensive civil-military approach, increased attention to various aspects of the rule of law, improvements to infrastructure and basic services, and support for various political actions that helped bridge ethno-sectarian divides.
But Petraeus' account of the history of the war was immediately met with some criticism:
Chase Winter, an international development officer at the American University of Iraq, tweeted that Petraeus outlined "what we did to win, [without] defining winning."
"For Petraeus to write this while Iraq burns takes enormous balls," tweeted Joshua Foust, a former intelligence analyst and freelance journalist.
The claim that the surge worked in Iraq is a bit of a point of contention. An Army lieutenant colonel named Daniel Davis gained notoriety last year by publishing a blistering account of the war and said that any gains made were pure luck. Davis was deployed to Iraq from 2008-2009.
pictures of brian jones that make me go, "girl, WHAT?"
Imagine having a kid with Brian jones and naming them Indiana….just like that you will have Indiana jones. *joke rimshot* 🥁🥁
(Alright that dad joke isn’t funny)
“Good swimmer”
(Not really a) Fun fact (nobody asked for): So basically when I was a kid, my dad was driving me somewhere and like there was that one song that came up, it was “Something Special” by De-Phazz. So we were talking about the people mentioned in that song and how funny Pat Appleton used references in it like Doris Day ect. And when the first refrain came up, I heard “Brian jones” and I asked my dad who it was. And he told me “Brian? Brian Jones? Yeah, he was a really good swimmer” (HELP MY DAD-)and like since then I remembered him like this and years later when I grew up a little bit and started listening to The Rolling Stones. I heard Brian jones again, and I was like: what? Isn’t it the swimmer? So I started my search and found out who he is and how he died…and you should have seen my reaction when I realized many years later that Brian Jones isn’t a swimmer, and my dad is clearly the biggest dark humorist of this century.😭😭🔫
That one refrain btw(Brian fans let’s cry together):
“If there's no chance to reach you
No bridge, no boat, no stones
Then I would swim the waters
Just like Brian Jones”
I honestly think that this pookie wookie over here would’ve love vinted if he lived in our generation cause look how proud and happy he is about this shirt omg😭😭🫶🏻🫶🏻 (im just genuinely obsessed with this app that’s why it crossed my mind help)
Asf
Hell yeah, Brian.
keith richards x younger! fem reader
warnings:smut..(obviously)
words:312
He’s not controlling at all! He trusts you, he just doesn’t trust anyone else. Especially your annoying and bitchy friend who makes comments about how you’re “too young to be locked down.” It made his teeth grind, she made his teeth grind. He didn’t trust her, and he didn’t want her to corrupt your perfect mind.
After attempting to convince you for an hour to not go, trying things like asking you nicely to full blown on his knees begging, he decided to take a different approach
He had you pressed against the door, basically sitting against his face and his arms are wrapped under your thighs to limit your movement. You try to push him away, letting out choked gasps as he just pulled you closer. His strong grip left you defenseless, gripping onto his hair and the wall as his nose brushed against your clit and tongue pushed into your weeping hole.
He’s messy, face soaked from tears and your juices, big eyes staring up at you, so puffy and wet. His little hiccups as he sucks on your clit make you pout, “ke-keith, breathe baby—“ he cuts you off with a hum as he shakes his head ‘no’, more tears gathering in his eyes. Do you not want him? Is that why you’re so eager to leave?
He has no choice but to eat you out until you’re slumped over, babbling incoherent words as he draws another orgasm out of you. It’s now you who’s crying, your body feeling so weak and your ears constantly ringing. keith weakly licked at your sore pussy, making you twitch with every drag of his tongue.
He pulls away, tears dried against his face and the sadness replaced with cocky smirk as he allows you to lean on him for support. “Still feel like going out babe?”
I write alot of smut so i think im js gonna write that
and first keith one-shot how is it?
Rolling Stones ❤️
does anybody on here fuck with brian jones
BRIAN!!! (Again...) except it's like my proper artstyle....I was trying to draw his rock and roll circus outfit but I failed (his whimsical fit)
And john idk I like John 😒
BRIAN JONES :3
Rip babygirl 😔
Brian jones is probably one of the most interesting rockstars ever and I will never shut up about him.
Like everything about him is so interesting and I deadass think about him everyday. His death especially like was it accidental?? Was it murder?? Was it suicide?? It's just so interesting man
And he was a cutie pie so :3
Question to all Rolling Stones fans interested in Brian Jones and his children.
In Paul Trynka's (great) book he mentions that Brian had a child before Simon (Barry David) with Valerie. The child was put up for adoption by the mother (called by the pseudonym "Hope" in the book) and Trynka doesn't mention if they were a boy or a girl.
Does anyone know anything about this child?
Brian never knew about his children Belinda and Barbara, but he knew of "Barry", Mark, Julian, and "Paul" (later John), and must surely have known of this first baby.
When Brian started with the Stones he mentioned to the other guys that he had "illegitimate sons" (I think), so maybe that's a clue towards them being a boy? Does anyone know of he ever mentioned how many sons he had when he met the band? They started in 1962 and by then Brian would only have known of the first baby, Valerie's son and his son Mark with Pat Andrews. So he'd know of three at that time.
By July 1964 Linda had her boy Julian with him. So if he mentioned sons then they would be four. Dawn Molloy's son "Paul"/John was born in either late 1964 or early 1965. So after 1965 he would know of five sons if the first baby was male.
If he ever mentioned a daughter before he passed then it's likely to be this baby or another completely unknown child since he never seems to have known of Belinda or Barbara.
Maybe one of the other Stones their partners mentioned something, I've been trying to look for interviews with Anita and Marianne for clues. Anita spoke A LOT about Brian over the years.
literally me because i’m impulsive
