Since the big bruhaha about MoveOn's ad and the reaction from the conservative quarters of America, I think it's instructive to remember that the military is not solidly behind Petraeus or any other individual plan about how to deal with Iraq. This should make it clear that there is not a concensus throughout the military on how to proceed, despite what the President and most conservatives would like you to believe - a dissenting view from the chief of CENTCOM -

WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (IPS) - In sharp contrast to
the lionisation of Gen. David Petraeus by members of the U.S. Congress
during his testimony this week, Petraeus's superior, Admiral William
Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM), derided Petraeus as a
sycophant during their first meeting in Baghdad last March, according
to Pentagon sources familiar with reports of the meeting.

Fallon
told Petraeus that he considered him to be "an ass-kissing little
chickenshit" and added, "I hate people like that", the sources say.
That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making
remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a
superior.

That extraordinarily contentious start of Fallon's mission to
Baghdad led to more meetings marked by acute tension between the two
commanders. Fallon went on develop his own alternative to Petraeus's
recommendation for continued high levels of U.S. troops in Iraq during
the summer.

The article continues to discuss the intense disagreement between factions of the military on the buildup in Iraq, and the alternative of withdrawal.

It's possible to think that the Iraq war was wrong, and a mistake that needs to be corrected without being a traitor. Go ahead, tell me that Admiral William Fallon hates America too.