There's a line in an episode of The Simpsons that goes, "...he crossed that line between everyday villainy and cartoonish super-villainy." Listening to the congressional hearings with General Petraeus, I can't help but feel like we in America have crossed that line. Regardless of the efficacy and morality of America's war in Iraq, what does it say about our country that the person running it is named Petraeus? To me the name conjures images of a desert command fortress surrounded by pikes topped with the severed heads of his enemies.