I recently returned to myDD after spending a couple of weeks away from it - I had hoped that, after Todd's post near the time when I left, things would get better, and this site would resume serious conversation about Democratic politics, or, at least, that the 2008 candidate diaries would get less silly.

Obviously, the big news of the week has been General Petraeus's report before Congress this week - yesterday, he testified before the House, and he's currently testifying before the Senate.

I've noticed a number of posters on this site expressing their respect for Petraeus, and, while I don't know much about his background other than what I read on Wikipedia, it does seem like he's been a good general and that he does deserve our respect (and certainly does not deserve MoveOn's attack against him).  However, I thought it was strange that a military man is essentially the highest profile defender of a political strategy - and then, I found this article.