Keynote - Gen. David Petraeus - 2022

[@FamilyofFour30]

I worked for Gen Patraeus in Afghanistan. Always thought highly of him.

[@nestorbrown4718]

So you enjoyed his COINdinista manual and found these methods to be effective?

[@FamilyofFour30]

@Richie Tozier tho have to say his blatant propagandizing to push war in Ukraine lately has really disappointed me

[@FamilyofFour30]

@Richie Tozier very disappointing but I guess predictable.

[@GautamReddy-i1s]

Bro this guy is an idiot.

[@mike216ism]

I've always really liked general patraeus. I only wish we could have him as president for 8 years. Definitely displays the best judgment looking back. Would love to see him debate or discuss China with Peter Zeihan. Take care everyone

[@Doug_Forcett]

Aside from that whole affair and intelligence episode

[@linda1lee2]

@@Doug_Forcett Which are laughably minor compared to what treasonous and seditionist Trump and his cronies have done and continue to do!

[@friendlyone2706]

@@Doug_Forcett Don't trust everything you read.

[@bedcech]

I was in the army, he gave top secret intel to a report he was having an affair with. Should I forget that?

[@mike216ism]

@@bedcech I think we all have to be forgiven at some point. He is no different

[@blek1987]

Starts at 4:26

[@_TravelWithLove]

Thank you for your service !! ✌️😎💕

[@margaretm.7079]

Excellent analogy!

[@Oleg-sx5uc]

Should Mr. Petraeus, at any point in time, decide to run for the US President, he's got quite a good chance (1) to win, and (2) to be the best US President since late 1980s.

[@charlesfields8715]

I bet he is more comfortable in that chair than any other chair he's ever set in. It probably feels so natural. like he's in his own skin.

[@jolantad7971]

Strange. Half a lecture he legitimises himself. Being on of few who not really require that. And those chairs... I would refuse to do lecture in it. Call Snoop Dogg instead.

[@MrBearcatjew]

Where can i fail so hard at my job that decades later I am being paid to tell people how to succeed.

[@friendlyone2706]

Everywhere. As long as your failures lead to insights not otherwise available.

[@joshuavaillancourt9877]

So, is your assertion that the wars in the middle east were complete failures, or one army general was responsible, or both? If you knew anything about what it takes to build a career as successful as his, you may have just kept this comment to yourself.

[@odoylerules4503]

@@joshuavaillancourt9877 anyone with a brain knows that the wars in the Middle East were a waste, there were NO WMD after all. but hey, we got the oil! If you knew anything about Powell and F500 interests, you would keep your comment to yourself.

[@joshuavaillancourt9877]

@@odoylerules4503 the original comment was an attack on a person. You are referring to big picture strategic outcome tied to 20 year old foreign policy. If you want to compare notes about old failed foreign policy, we can, but why? The whole mess was based on a knee jerk reaction following 9/11 that some shady characters in DC took advantage of. What you're saying isn't wrong, but it has nothing to do with what I said previously. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I suppose.

[@henrikelanschuetzer4261]

Hahaha

[@PAS_2020]

I wonder how Holly Petraeus is today November 2023. Did she ever get a makeover?

[@MarcKellison]

Can i sign up this dude for being the best fluffer ever......

[@michstockholm1164]

He won in Iraq 🇮🇶 and Afganistan ! 😁 And now he's winning in Ukraine, too 🇺🇦 ! 🤡

[@osea5000]

34:20 Real talk

[@poobum9857]

interesting and great general .. up there with top WW2 generals !!

[@EnduringArts]

lol, no...

[@henrikelanschuetzer4261]

Big strategists even include PERSONAL FAILURES as a means of re commendation 🤔🤫

[@watchthe1369]

Yeah, Kodak had a moment that killed it. Sears was perfectly positioned to do Amazon's role. All they had to do was digitize a catalog or shift into chemistry completely, and they paid the price for failing to do that. They did not move some manufacturing to china and they couldn't compete in price. IBM survived, but they found themselves offloading liabilities. Leaders have to keep their head up and know what their organization can flex on and what they have to finess around.

[@watchthe1369]

The inkblot, living in the 'hood, and teaching 24/7 from shooting to toilet paper is what was working in Vietnam. Leaders have to be results involved, not ego involved. Leaders also have to be able to figure out how to adapt to other folks big ideas and fill in some of the blank spots that the higher leaders cannot cover.

[@tracybeme1597]

Check-out those alien throne chairs.

[@osea5000]

1:07:39 Wow

[@enriqueojito]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@AC_Blanco]

That recliner is straight from Klingon planet

[@johnwinthrop2702]

I hate to say this but I would vote for those guy if he ran for president.

[@henrikelanschuetzer4261]

Generally speaking BIG IDEAS: implied to private terms too? ??? ?

[@DreamTeemRecords]

He didnt even need the moderator lol

[@henrikelanschuetzer4261]

Why ? the hell? Did nobody so far interview HIS WIFE, which seemingly PUSHED THROUGH even when her husband did not hesitate to BETRAY HER- while him being deployed -with an Easily Available Rather SELPHISH Younger Journalist!??? 🤔😪😮‍💨

[@sam71119]

Who gives a hoot about golf...

[@michstockholm1164]

Hear what the general who first won in Iraq and then in Afghanistan, has to say about Ukraine 🇺🇦. 😜🤡⚔️🇺🇸🤡

[@henrikelanschuetzer4261]

Keep on wandering how it could have happened, that such a renowned strategist NOT ONLY abbandoned himself to a Much Younger Journalist, YET MORE IMPORTANTLY abbandoned Almost Every/thing/one in APHGHANISTAN in such a SHAMEFUL WAY! 🥲😪🤤