# David Petreaus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 26, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726 "2009-08-26T01:28:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/1 "2009-08-26T01:28:36Z")

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Is David Petreaus pro-life?

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/2 "2009-08-26T01:48:53Z")

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I only met him once. The subject didn’t come up. He seemed a bit busy at the time.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/3 "2009-08-26T02:34:13Z")

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I don’t think he’s made any public statement on the topic, nor on the possibility of him making a run for any political office.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/4 "2009-08-26T16:35:07Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> I only met him once. The subject didn’t come up. He seemed a bit busy at the time.

You met David Petreaus?

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**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/5 "2009-08-26T17:19:15Z")

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**Curtis LeMay** , you sure are asking a lot of specific questions about conservatism. Are you thinking about converting or something? Perhaps because of a woman?

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/6 "2009-08-26T17:37:45Z")

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> [@wierdaaron](#):
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> **Curtis LeMay** , you sure are asking a lot of specific questions about conservatism. Are you thinking about converting or something? Perhaps because of a woman?

I’m already conservative.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/7 "2009-08-27T02:03:15Z")

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> [@Curtis LeMay](#):
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> You met David Petreaus?

Briefly. Just one of the soldiers under his command. I got to Iraq right before he left. I met GEN Odierno several times. He is very tall. His views on abortion didn’t come up either.

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**Author:** ![Myself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@Myself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myself)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-petreaus/507726/8 "2009-08-27T02:18:16Z")

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wierdaaron, google ‘[Curtis LeMay](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_LeMay).’

Am I barking up the right conservative tree? Curt?

If I may call you ‘Curt’…Sir. 😕