I'm actually surprised that something like this hasn't been written earlier, or maybe it has, and I just missed it.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwa...eus/index.html

The appearance on the Hugh Hewitt show probably wasn't a big mistake, if only because the vast majority of americans have no idea who he is. But it clearly gave some people who were looking for a reason to be skeptical of anything Petraeus says that reason.