Petraeus all but literally wrote the book on fighting against guerrilla resistance , overseeing the drafting of the Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual between stints in Iraq . President taps Gen. David Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan . Petraeus was the architect of the `` surge '' of U.S. forces in Iraq . He recently said the trajectory in Afghanistan `` has generally been upward '' and that he is confident it will continue as long as there are no major changes on the ground.
President taps Gen. David Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan . Petraeus was the architect of the `` surge '' of U.S. forces in Iraq . He recently said the trajectory in Afghanistan `` has generally been upward '' and that he is confident it will continue as long as there are no major changes on the ground.