The officials said Gen. Petraeus, who took over as allied commander in Afghanistan this month and is conducting a review of the war, intends to draw on many of the same tactics he implemented to turn around the war in Iraq—and which his predecessor, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, introduced in Afghanistan.

Petraeus has his hands full, and I’ve got my fingers crossed hoping he can pull off a reversal and avoid a calamity

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