but aren't you biting Steve Clemons there?
 Draft Goldfarb! | 10:24 AM

He wrote that first? If so, I will credit Steve in every subsequent post about it.

But I'm the one who got this shit devoted to him: http://petraeus2012.com/
 Spencer Ackerman | 11:08 AM

Indeed he did: http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2007/08/keep_eyes_on_pe/

what's extra awesome about Petraeus in this hypothetical context is his name. It has a fitting Imperial Rome feel to it.
 Draft Goldfarb! | 11:30 AM