Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 26, 2009. Obama refused to send the full 30,000 troops requested by his generals because they had no plan for how to use them.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 19, 2009. David Petraeus and Ray Odierno say Obama's 16-month withdrawal plan is too risky. But a senior commander in Iraq disagrees.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. October 7, 2008. Mere weeks after 9/11, the Bush administration was too busy planning to invade Iraq to follow through on its mission in Afghanistan.
Ilan Goldenberg, Huffington Post. April 23, 2008. As the head of U.S. Central Command, Petraeus will have to answer some tough questions he has thus far been able to avoid.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 23, 2008. Weeks after defending the war before Congress, General David Petraeus is tapped to become the head of U.S. Central Command.
