Originally Posted by paragon

Well Petraeus is the best choice for Commanding General in Iraq. And he replaced George Casey who was promoted to Chief of Staff of the US Army...
And guess what Petraeus has under his belt that makes him the best choice:
-1995, assigned to the United Nations Mission in Haiti Military Staff as its Chief Operations Officer during Operation Uphold Democracy.
-1999, deployed to Kuwait as part of Operation Desert Spring.
-2001–2002, ten-month tour in Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of Operation Joint Forge. Was the NATO Stabilization Force Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Joint Interagency Counter-Terrorism Task Force in Bosnia.
-2003, Petraeus led his division through fierce fighting south of Baghdad, in Karbala, Hilla, and Najaf.
-In Mosul, Petraeus and the 101st employed classic counterinsurgency methods to build security and stability, including conducting targeted kinetic operations and using force judiciously, jump-starting the economy, building local security forces, staging elections for the city council within weeks of their arrival, overseeing a program of public works, reinvigorating the political process, and launching 4,500 reconstruction projects.
"It's widely accepted that no force worked harder to win Iraqi hearts and minds than the 101st Air Assault Division led by Petraeus."
-2004, became the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq. This newly-created command had responsibility for training, equipping, and mentoring Iraq's growing Army, Police, and other security forces as well as developing Iraq's security institutions and building associated infrastructure, such as training bases, police stations, and border forts.