Inter Press ServiceGen. David Petraeus (right) was under pressure from the Obama administration to produce tangible evidence of “progress” that could be used to justify troop withdrawals. Credit: U.S. Dod/public domain - Inter Press Service https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/broadwell-defended-petraeus-village-destruction-policy/petraeus_350/feed/ News and Views from the Global South Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:54:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Gen. David Petraeus (right) was under pressure from the Obama administration to produce tangible evidence of “progress” that could be used to justify troop withdrawals. Credit: U.S. Dod/public domain https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/broadwell-defended-petraeus-village-destruction-policy/petraeus_350/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/broadwell-defended-petraeus-village-destruction-policy/petraeus_350/#respond Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:26:28 +0000 Kitty Stapp http://www.ipsnews.net/Library/2012/11/petraeus_350.jpg

Gen. David Petraeus (right) was under pressure from the Obama administration to produce tangible evidence of “progress” that could be used to justify troop withdrawals. Credit: U.S. Dod/public domain

By Kitty Stapp
Nov 15 2012

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