Andy McCarthy denounces the general for stating the obvious about the role the Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays in rendering the war on Jihadism harder to win. He follows what can only be called a deranged anti-Petraeus reaction from Diana West. I did learn from West, however, that one of Petraeus' PhD thesis advisers was - gasp - Steven Walt.

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