Petraeus, after all, had been General Petraeus, a four-star general who had spent his life in the military, commanding the US missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He graduated from – and later taught at – the US Military Academy at West Point, an institution guided by the motto “Duty, Honor, Country.”
彼得雷乌斯毕竟是彼得雷乌斯将军、戎马一生的四星上将、美军伊拉克和阿富汗司令官。他毕业于——后来执教于——以“责任、荣誉、国家”为校训的西点军校。