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MADem

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18. And the flip side to that is that Petraus would rather be thought about as a cheater than as an
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:08 PM
Nov 2012

incompetent CIA director who failed to provide adequate security at the Benghazi site--an area that his people had oversight over/responsibility for. "Some people say" too, that CIA failed in their duty in even allowing the Ambassador anywhere near that edifice given the threat assessments for the area. So, from the standpoint of a professional military/intelligence person, it's much better to go away labeled as a horn dog than a loser who lost the bubble on an intelligence enterprise and caused the death of fellow citizens. After all, horn dogs (be they governors or Presidents) have second acts; incompetent people who cost the lives of fellow citizens often do not.

But who knows? It's early days, still...

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Get it while you can. Chunk Nov 2012 #1
Ironic book title. JaneyVee Nov 2012 #10
I'm confused. Affairs are really BAD, but . . . resign????? Affairs aren't that unusual patrice Nov 2012 #2
The paramour was his "biographer" who had been travelling round with him constantly. MADem Nov 2012 #4
Okay, thanks. Had that info gotten into the wrong hands, could he have been blackmailed? or is patrice Nov 2012 #8
Who knows? The FBI is investigating her and they are specifically looking into unauthorized access MADem Nov 2012 #12
The book she wrote seemed very much a "Puff Job" from the reviews and snips I read... KoKo Nov 2012 #14
She was married, he was married....I think they both used poor judgment. MADem Nov 2012 #17
5 minutes after it was announced..... russspeakeasy Nov 2012 #3
I don't think this is against Obama. It's something else that we don't know the details of yet... KoKo Nov 2012 #15
WTF ? russspeakeasy Nov 2012 #19
Well there's this, just in from the Chicago Tribune & John Stewart 99th_Monkey Nov 2012 #5
Very very interesting. Thanks for posting that. n/t emulatorloo Nov 2012 #11
Probably, but they won't tell me. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #6
Oh, it's worse than that. This is fitting nicely into the Benghazi Truther scenarios. Bolo Boffin Nov 2012 #7
They're saying it on Breitbart's site ck4829 Nov 2012 #9
They think Obama and his team blackmailed Petraeus to get him out... Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #13
And the flip side to that is that Petraus would rather be thought about as a cheater than as an MADem Nov 2012 #18
My crazy friend is tying it to the Benghazi hearings. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #16
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