President Petraeus? Iraqi official recalls the day US general revealed ambition

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President Petraeus? Iraqi official recalls the day US general revealed ambition
By Patrick Cockburn
Published: 13 September 2007

The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, expressed long-term interest in running for the US presidency when he was stationed in Baghdad, according to a senior Iraqi official who knew him at that time.

Sabah Khadim, then a senior adviser at Iraq's Interior Ministry, says General Petraeus discussed with him his ambition when the general was head of training and recruitment of the Iraqi army in 2004-05.

"I asked him if he was planning to run in 2008 and he said, 'No, that would be too soon'," Mr Khadim, who now lives in London, said.

General Petraeus has a reputation in the US Army for being a man of great ambition. If he succeeds in reversing America's apparent failure in Iraq, he would be a natural candidate for the White House in the presidential election in 2012.

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2. Gen. Petraeus needs to spend some time out on the front lines

If things in Iraq are going so nice, as he claims, then surely he wouldn't have any problems joining the troops on patrol, would he?

I bet every vehicle he travels in is bomb-proof. Maybe he should try driving a regular Humvee, just like his soldiers.