Why not Petreaus for Secretary of State

No doubt Rudi Guiliani, a staunch loyalist and the face of our grieving Nation on 9/11, would make an excellent Secretary of State.  Mitt Romney?  Steady mollifier, a proven manager-in-chief, turn-key source for dispassionate counsel. Comes now a new name, General David Petreaus.  Here is a man heavy on leadership skills, if human, failed in the way men can be, burdened with baggage from the Obama years.  But also a man with battle scars.  There is something to be said for battle scars.   

He knows combat operations, policy making, academics, and has an intuition for diplomacy, a formidable foundation. More smooth and polished than constructively disruptive and Trump-like, Petreaus can speak the bureaucratic language, even as he unmakes a bureaucracy.  He thinks big, often outside the box, even though he came from it – understands the chain of command, box of sand, four corners of cut orders.  His biggest weakness?  Ego, audacity, unforced errors, supreme self-assurance, with a weakness for press – although these can be advantages, and have been tempered by recent events.  Biggest strength?  Ego, can-do, a never say die attitude until job is done, which helped us win in Iraq, until the Obama White House reversed the win.