Salute for soldier who saved Iraq with brains and brawn

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During the darkest days of his command, General David Petraeus, the US military commander in Iraq, would ponder the words of Ulysses S Grant.

The Union Army general who won the American Civil War was approached by a fellow officer after the disastrous battle of Shiloh and told: ''Well, we had a tough day, today.''

Grant, chewing on his ubiquitous cigar replied: ''Yup. Lick 'em tomorrow, though.''

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