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The Human Shield: Our Politicians Hide Behind The General While Iraq Burns

Now that Gen. David Petraeus has been heard, heckled, challenged and dissected, it's worth asking why he was the guy out on political Front Street at all.

Sure, Petraeus carries the Iraq command, as well as four stars on his shoulder and a heavy rack of medals on his chest.

He's also smart, cool and prepared, with the authority of the guy who wrote the Army's counterinsurgency doctrine.

But President Bush still outranks him. Like it or not, Petraeus is merely the latest fall guy to whom the White House has handed off its Iraq mess.