Doubting Petraeus

When things go poorly in Iraq- it's clearly poor strategy on the Bush administration.

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_6781479

When things go positively- it's deemed as mixed and inconclusive results.

Can anyone explain this?

Granted even the military is hesitant to do any "cartwheels", but they've had their fair share of pre-emptive success stories (Mission Accomplished, "last throes...", etc).

But with a new strategy and a new general, we should at least give him the benefit of the doubt that things are going better. Now is not the time to be back stabbing a brilliant general who may be turning the tide in Iraq.

Of course we must "trust, but verify" with Petraeus, but for now he at least deserves a pat on the back.