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In reply to the discussion: Well, fuck me. I thought I was on a DEMOCRATIC forum. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)told to stfu. Now it looks like once again, the Liberal wing of the party was right. From all accounts it appears that Petraeus really was what Progressives called him, 'General Betayus'. And they are letting him go under the pretext it is because of an affair.
All you have to do is study the timeline of those events and a picture emerges that proves no Democratic president should ever appoint a Republican to such a position. Especially one like Petraeus who was so loyal to his old boss.
They let him go rather than expose something they no doubt think, wrongfully imo, would be bad for the country. The truth is never bad for a country, but this administration prefers always to 'look forward' rather than prosecute criminals.
There could not have been a worse choice for the Iraq War and for the CIA, than that Bush supporting, failure. He has certainly left this administration with a huge problem and plenty of fodder for his friends in the Republican Party to make trouble with.