# Who is david petreaus

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-david-petreaus/730653 "2015-09-11T07:57:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![carlowplayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@carlowplayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlowplayer)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-david-petreaus/730653/1 "2015-09-11T07:57:14Z")

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Am irish so didnt hear much about him the news.Just want to know  
1.When did he enter the afghan and iraq wars  
2.When did he leave both wars  
3.Did he stabilise the situation in each country and when did this occur.Was it in 2004-2007?I know he left in 2008 or is this wrong

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-david-petreaus/730653/2 "2015-09-11T08:27:20Z")

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> [@carlowplayer](#):
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> Am irish . . .

Gach eolas [anseo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus).

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-david-petreaus/730653/3 "2015-09-11T08:28:22Z")

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I always find wikipedia to be a great starting place for these kinds of questions: [David Petraeus - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus)

Adh mor ort!  
ETA: Weirdest Ninja ever!

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-david-petreaus/730653/4 "2015-09-11T12:36:14Z")

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Ich bin David Petraeus, [der SurgeMeister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_troop_surge_of_2007#Counterinsurgency_strategy)!  
Later [busted for leaking classified info to his lover](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/david-petraeus-to-be-sentenced-in-leak-investigation.html?_r=0).

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**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-david-petreaus/730653/5 "2015-09-12T01:05:13Z")

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Weirdest homework help request ever.