After stellar rounds of testimony on "the Hill" where he exemplified the very best about what our military leadership should be - more Americans support the General Petraeus blueprint for Iraq than oppose it.
This is considerably impressive given the fact that United States Senators most likely fully believed they would spin the public opinion against the general in their self-filibustered seven minute appearances before the cameras on Tuesday.
Looks like all that democratic self-congratulation has a striking resemblance to verbal flatulation, at least in the minds of We The People.