I looked and didn't see this posted....
Yesterday, Fox News aired “American Commander: Gen. David Petraeus,” a one-hour biographical account of the top commander in Iraq. The program, a narrative of Petraeus’s life from birth until his controversial Congressional testimony, featured stories from old neighbors to high school buddies to fellow military officials.
One of the most prominent interviewees was Brookings Institution analyst Michael O’Hanlon. Fox highlighted
the fact that O’Hanlon has enjoyed a 20-year personal relationship with the general, extending back to graduate school
O’HANLON: Petreaus certainly was distinctive and noteworthy.
FOX: Michael O’Hanlon is with the Brookings Institution. And in 1987, he attended Princeton with Petraeus.
O’HANLON: Petraeus was trying to learn lessons , so that with humility, and a willingness to do things differently, then next time, the military could stay out of that predicament. So that’s Petraeus’s style. He is very self-critical of himself and the institutions that he represents.
I guess that explains O'Hanlon's love for fighting and staying the course in Iraq. Never mind how many people that are getting slaughtered.
I have a hard time with him being at the Brooking Institution. Shouldn't he be at AEI instead???