General Betray-Us Becomes...

...General Please Save US.

"By calling for Petraeus, the president has given him enormous leverage. There is a sense that if Petraeus cannot get the job done—given sufficient time and resources—it cannot be done. And if Petraeus says more time is necessary—and troop reductions will not be possible in July 2011, it will be difficult to gainsay him. Consequently, Obama, having already jettisoned two commanders, must sink or swim with Petraeus."

And some Dems agree.

"Speaking on the Sunday talk shows, Senate intelligence committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said this is likely Mr. Obama's last chance to get the strategy in Afghanistan correct and that he must give Gen. Petraeus the latitude he needs.

"You put the general in; he should make the call. If he can't work with the ambassador, the ambassador should be changed," Mrs. Feinstein said on "Fox News Sunday."

Gen. McChrystal and his staff had been critical of the civilian leadership, including Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry and Richard C. Holbrooke, the State Department's envoy to the region, who seem to have strained relationships with Afghan President Hamid Karzai."

Full text of Petraeus's rallying cry to the forces in Afghanistan.

How's that taste, Shillary?