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14 Oct 2009 03:32 pm
The Corner Can Dream, Can't It?
Playing one of the Washington's current parlour games, Massie explains why the general shouldn't run for president in 2012:
A 2012 campaign seems exceedingly improbable. For that to happen,
Afghanistan would a) have to become a disaster, b) Petraeus would have
to resign, blaming Barack Obama for failing in his duty and c) the
public would have to back the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
rather than the President...I suspect many senior officers at the Pentagon would be horrified
if this were to happen. It would politicise the military and place
enormous strains upon the chain of command, not just now but in the
future too, driving a wedge between the military and the civilian
population. Even Douglas MacArthur realised he couldn't credibly run
for the Presidency.
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