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September 16th 2008     

Quote Of The Day: National Debt Of Gratitude Edition

Posted by: Laer at 05:39 am

“He’s played a historic role, there’s just no two ways about it. Gen. Petraeus is clearly the hero of the hour.” – Defense Secretary Robert Gates

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avid Petraeus’ 20-month tour of duty in Iraq is over, and his four-star comrade in re-casting the war, Ray Odierno, is stepping in. Odierno will still report to Petraeus, who moves on to the more hospitable climes of Tampa and U.S. Central Command.

Petraeus is a twice-in-a-century kind of soldier. Korea and Vietnam didn’t produce one; we have to go all the way back to Eisenhower and McArthur in WWII to find a military hero who played a transformational role in a major war while serving as an example of valor and virtue to the people of the nation.

The enemy marked his departure by sending a bomb-laden woman into a group of police officers, killing 22. So let’s take his admonition seriously and not pull out a couple brigades quite yet.

Here’s AP’s report, if you’d like to read more.

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