Petreaus Allowed Right Wing Think Tanks to Set Up Shop at his Afghan Headquarters

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an interesting comment under the WaPo article:


12:59 PM MST
A quote from Petraeus's 1987 Princeton PhD dissertation, via Mr. Hastings at Buzzfeed.com : "More so than any other leading military figure, Petraeus’s entire philosophy has been based on hiding the truth, on deception, on building a false image. 'Perception' is key, Petraeus wrote: 'What policymakers believe to have taken place in any particular case is what matters — more than what actually occurred.' Yes, it’s not what actually happens that matters — it’s what you can convince the public it thinks happened."
The possibility that this "affair" issue is a false report is quite considerable..... An unpaid military PR rep & housewife, requiring a secretive months-long FBI investigation, causing the FBI to avoid report protocols for months, all based on simple affair emails = doesn't make sense. . Either way, if the investigation was re: (a) alleged affair &/or (b) classified leaks, FBI protocol dictates, the investigated "facts" should have been reported months prior. Per Mr. Hayden (former CIA director), "The timing of this is mysterious".
IF a simple affair is truly the only issue, then, Petraeus - whom reportedly survived decades of physical/political challenges & is known for his mighty political prowess - would easily whether through this affair /"storm", "spin" it with ease, and remain CIA director. The subjective and objective education of many has taught us the immense lengths many upper military/gov't officers have gone to CYA (anyone watch the Pat Tillman documentary?) Emails and IP addresses can easily be faked by those, say, specializing with a group of folks working in the world of political "intelligence".
Petraeus has been a master of "perception spin" for decades. Facts show his career would NOT be ruined by one affair, and combined with the odd FBI actions - not many of their "facts" are showing logical sense. S'up, David??!!
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I think this calls for a special prosecutor, seriously. I'm not buying any of the fanfare in the media about an affair, nobody's actually confirmed anything other than a resignation, everything else is hearsay a speculation as far as the media goes.