patraeus is like an arabian war salesman.
he's telling us how good things are thanks to the surge. get us nice and warm and comfy.
then I'm betting he'll tell us how iran is hurting things. get us nervous.
then he'll tell us his solution for fixing it, which of course, is carpetbombing iran.
of course, you could disagree with him, but that would mean you hate the troops, and therefore hate reagan and want to have sex with castro.