John (Oh I hope I can be right once) McCain said that Obama should fire all his national security staff and consult with David Petraeus on what to do about ISIS in Iraq.
After attending the briefing, both McCain and Graham took to the Senate floor to blast Obama over the latest developments in Iraq. McCain said those who were right in Iraq — like retired Gen. David Petraeus, the former CIA director who as a general carried out the “surge” — should be directing U.S. policy there.
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Well, guess what retired General Petraeus
has to say on the subject
“If there is to be support for Iraq, it has to be support for a government of Iraq. That is, a government of all the people, and that is representative of and responsive to all elements of Iraq,” Petraeus said, according to The Spectator. “President Obama has been quite clear on this: This cannot be the United States being the air force for Shia militias or a Shia on Sunni Arab fight. It has to be a fight of all of Iraq against extremists.”
Looks like Petraeus isn't going to be Grumpy's go-to General on this for long.