https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/11/how-i-was-drawn-into-the-cult-of-david-petraeus/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:39:31 -0400<![CDATA[The uncomfortable truth is that a lot of us who’ve covered Petraeus over the years could have written that. It’s embarrassingly close to my piece on Petraeus’ legacy that @bitteranagram tweeted. And that’s not something you should fault Petraeus for. It’s something you should fault reporters like me for. Another irony that Petraeus’ downfall reveals is that some of us who egotistically thought our coverage of Petraeus and counterinsurgency was so sophisticated were perpetuating myths without fully realizing it.]]>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:35:30 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/11/how-i-was-drawn-into-the-cult-of-david-petraeus-n97382