VDH and Jonah, to clarify: I’ve said this is technically a “demotion” for Petraeus in print and on YouTube, yet I agree with everything you’ve both said. It’s a demotion in that the commander of CFC-A / ISAF reports to CENTCOM, and in that Petraeus could have a direct subordinate installed as his new boss in that capacity. But of course, they’re all four-stars. They all report to the president. And being the kind of steely-eyed patriots that make it to the rank of general officer in the United States armed forces, they’d all prefer the confines of Kandahar to those of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.