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To: michael97123 who wrote (436905)	11/26/2008 3:20:12 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574102

Are you attributing bush policy to keane and petraeus or are you saying bush is following different policy? Bush's policy in the last two years has definitely come from Keane. And a lot of people were pissed about it, feeling that Keane should not have had a role (in fact, at one point he was told to stay OUT of Iraq, although Bush fixed that). Keane is the guy who recommended Petraeus to begin with as he and Keane were the best of friends (it was Keane who standing beside Petreaus when he was shot and almost died in Tennessee). My concern is that Keane may be cut out of the loop because of his retired status. There are many in DC who believe that Keane is meddling and should stay out of the way. It is my view that Bush's willingness to listen to Keane was the turning point in Iraq -- but it was at the very least politically incorrect for Bush to have been taking advice from him. To Bush's credit, he understood what Keane was saying and recognized that it was the most sensible way to proceed. Some would argue Bush had no choice because what we were doing wasn't working. I think Keane's influence probably resulted in Rummy's replacement although I haven't heard anyone say that. If you put two and two together, you can arrive at that conclusion.