SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 533622 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-29819"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fpetraeus-consulting-on-the-fight-against-is%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Petraeus+consulting+on+the+fight+against+IS&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fpetraeus-consulting-on-the-fight-against-is&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0APetraeus consulting on the fight against IS%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/petraeus-consulting-on-the-fight-against-is" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="77c9336c9ae1ad70687f31b80c71922e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/029/819/for_gallery_v2/david.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/029/819/large_v3/david.jpg" alt="David" /></a></div></div>Do you think they will actually listen to him this time? I realize there is a black mark on his record now, but he had a really good strategy going in Iraq. Could he have good insight on how to carry on a fight vs. IS? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/010/518/qrc/635621202529433369-458609884.jpg?1443036116"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/capitol-hill/2015/03/16/white-house-consulting-petraeus-on-fight-against-is/24863681/">White House consulting Petraeus on fight against IS</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Top officials in the Obama administration have consulted former CIA Director David Petraeus about the fight against the Islamic State group — despite his admission that he gave classified material to his biographer and mistress, the White House said Monday.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Petraeus consulting on the fight against IS 2015-03-16T17:37:24-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 533622 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-29819"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fpetraeus-consulting-on-the-fight-against-is%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Petraeus+consulting+on+the+fight+against+IS&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fpetraeus-consulting-on-the-fight-against-is&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0APetraeus consulting on the fight against IS%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/petraeus-consulting-on-the-fight-against-is" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="0f98e9f88d889ce075f2f61ba0552cfb" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/029/819/for_gallery_v2/david.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/029/819/large_v3/david.jpg" alt="David" /></a></div></div>Do you think they will actually listen to him this time? I realize there is a black mark on his record now, but he had a really good strategy going in Iraq. Could he have good insight on how to carry on a fight vs. IS? <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/010/518/qrc/635621202529433369-458609884.jpg?1443036116"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/capitol-hill/2015/03/16/white-house-consulting-petraeus-on-fight-against-is/24863681/">White House consulting Petraeus on fight against IS</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Top officials in the Obama administration have consulted former CIA Director David Petraeus about the fight against the Islamic State group — despite his admission that he gave classified material to his biographer and mistress, the White House said Monday.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Petraeus consulting on the fight against IS 2015-03-16T17:37:24-04:00 2015-03-16T17:37:24-04:00 CW5 Private RallyPoint Member 533667 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="478494" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/478494-1n1x1-geospatial-intelligence-157-aog-139-aw">SSgt Private RallyPoint Member</a> (neighbor), I think they will listen to him. And I think whoever decided to hire GEN (Ret) Petraeus as a consultant is a smart man or woman. Whatever mistakes he may have made don't take away the fact that General Petraeus is a brilliant strategist in these matters. Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 16 at 2015 6:19 PM 2015-03-16T18:19:24-04:00 2015-03-16T18:19:24-04:00 2015-03-16T17:37:24-04:00