Where in the heck did that come from? The name, at least, is familiar to me--Petraeus commanded the 101st Airborne, and was mentioned a dozen times in the "Cobra II" history. Besides, it's spin to lump together "him or his methods"--he's never been in the shadows, but it's his methods that have recently come to prominence.

BTW, speaking of revisionism, in the course of verifying the above recollection in the book's index, I came across The Coalition Provisional Authority's "Order No. 2--Dissolution of Entities", 23 May 2003. Remember when you recently tried to maintain that it was another nasty LeftWing lie that we had disbanded the Iraqi Army? Well, Order No.2 is the order that did so. It's available online.

1) Any military or other rank, title, or status granted to a former employee or functionary of a Dissolved Entity by the former Regime is hereby cancelled.

2) All conscripts are released from their service obligations. Conscriptions is suspended indefinitely, subject to decisions by future Iraq governments concerning whether a free Iraq should have conscription.

The Appendix lists the entities to be dissolved:

Institutions dissolved by the Order referenced (the “Dissolved Entities”) are:

The Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Information
The Ministry of State for Military Affairs
The Iraqi Intelligence Service
The National Security Bureau
The Directorate of National Security (Amn al-‘Am)
The Special Security Organization

All entities affiliated with or comprising Saddam Hussein’s bodyguards to include:
-Murafaqin (Companions)
-Himaya al Khasa (Special Guard)

The following military organizations:
-The Army, Air Force, Navy, the Air Defence Force, and other regular military services
-The Republican Guard
-The Special Republican Guard
-The Directorate of Military Intelligence
-The Al Quds Force
-Emergency Forces (Quwat al Tawari)

The following paramilitaries:
-Saddam Fedayeen
-Ba`ath Party Militia
-Friends of Saddam
-Saddam’s Lion Cubs (Ashbal Saddam)

Other Organizations:
-The Presidential Diwan
- The Presidential Secretariat
-The Revolutionary Command Council

When will you learn?