Petraeus: If A New President Forces Withdrawal From Iraq I’ll Quit
Powerful words from a well-respected military authority.
BILL WEIR: You serve at the pleasure of the president. If our new president, a year from now, says general, I want out of here in a year. What do you say? Is that even feasible?
DAVID PETRAEUS: Well I think you have to look at what the conditions on the ground are at that time, obviously, and then offer your best professional military advice. And we always have the option of allowing them to pick someone else for his or her best professional military advice. As I told congress back in the confirmation process in January of 2007, that if at any time someone wanted someone else’s best professional military advice, I’d be happy to allow that to happen. I am also coming up on three-and-a-half years in Iraq on top of a year in Bosnia, so my family would be, would not be disappointed I don’t think if, you know, Dad were to come home --
WEIR: Sure.
PETRAEUS: For awhile.
Hey Democrats, remember that “listen to the generals” stuff? Now would be a good time to start.













