Petraeus and Israel

Reader comment on item: The Worst Crisis in 35 Years?
in response to reader comment: Be Aware of the the Petraeus Factor

Submitted by Davod (United States), Mar 18, 2010 at 07:06

I wonder if the fact that the State Department now has senior people inserted into the senior command chain of the major commands has anything to do with this. These are not just advisors. I believe in the relatively new Africa command (I am not sure what they call it) the State guy is the number two man.

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