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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2012 16:19:53 GMT -5
This one I didn't see coming. Petraeus just resigned after admitting he had an affair. I'm not religious nor do I subscrube to the"let he who casts the first stone" bit, but I'm becoming so cynical about those who are powerful or rich and can't keep their pecker in their pocket. This man is another of my heroes who has made me lose my faith in him.
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Post by boxcar on Nov 9, 2012 16:32:21 GMT -5
Was he fooling around with Janet Napolitano?
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Post by Swampy on Nov 9, 2012 18:27:43 GMT -5
I don't care if he fools around, so long as he wins battles.
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Post by boxcar on Nov 9, 2012 18:43:31 GMT -5
Afghanistan is a no win situation.
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Post by boxcar on Nov 9, 2012 19:02:16 GMT -5
It is odd morals we have when someone like Petraeus can be condemned, but the likes of Barney Franks can have a male prostitute lover for years and no one says a word.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2012 9:28:10 GMT -5
It is odd morals we have when someone like Petraeus can be condemned, but the likes of Barney Franks can have a male prostitute lover for years and no one says a word. To the contrary, Frank's situation was well known the the GP all the time. I can't believe that I would defend that jerk. |
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Post by mcnoch on Nov 10, 2012 11:46:49 GMT -5
Petraeus is not resigning because he had an affair as such, but because he became a security risk because of this affair. Any yes, if you are on hte top you easily get out of sync with reality in all kind of aspects.
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Nov 10, 2012 13:12:20 GMT -5
Does anyone even remember that Pres. Bill Clinton also had an affair (and lied about it) and kept HIS job? Would anyone even entertain the thought that the fubar in Bengazi had something to do with discovery of the affair and/or the subsequent resignation?
At least the Gen's 'extra squeeze' is somewhat attractive and reasonably intelligent....
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Post by mcnoch on Nov 10, 2012 15:16:20 GMT -5
I don't believe that Bengazi - not really a big affair - has anything to do with his resignation. The FBI was monitoring his affair since many months. His affair and the FBI's knowledge about it came to the light when his background check was requested by the WH for nomination for a new, higher position in the government.
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Post by boxcar on Nov 10, 2012 15:28:15 GMT -5
>>the FBI's knowledge about it came to the light when his background check was requested by the WH for nomination for a new, higher position in the government. <<
The story I read was that the FBI started watching him after reading an E-mail letter to his girl friend.
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Post by mcnoch on Nov 10, 2012 15:44:29 GMT -5
Yes, the FBI was reading since months hundrets of his love emails he had send to her, but was not informing anybody about that. Typical counter-espionage operation. With the official request they had to present their knowledge.
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Post by boxcar on Nov 10, 2012 16:28:04 GMT -5
Read about it under <Petraeus resigns>
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Post by boxcar on Nov 10, 2012 21:38:56 GMT -5
The Washington Post reported Saturday that the FBI investigation began because a woman close to Petraeus sought protection after receiving several threatening emails from Broadwell. After a deeper look at the general’s personal email account, there were initially questions about whether it had been hacked. But investigators soon concluded from the content of the emails that they were evidence of an affair between Petraeus and Broadwell. According to the Post, weeks of probing culminated Tuesday, when Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was told that compromising material had been found. Clapper subsequently told Petraeus to resign. Read more: www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83678.html#ixzz2BsTwuU1g |
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Nov 11, 2012 10:13:14 GMT -5
Pardon me - but - the murder of an Ambassador in a supposedly friendly country is NOT a small affair. And blaming it on a "mob" for weeks afterward is not something to be overlooked easily either.
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Post by mcnoch on Nov 11, 2012 12:33:56 GMT -5
It might be a problem of the way your media are reporting this issue.
- He was the seventh US ambassador to be killed in action since 1968.
- Libya is not a "friendly" nation. Libya is not the UK. It is still a very dangerous place. Some days before the British ambassador was nearly killed during an attack on his convoy in Libya.
- Those fractions of the rebels supported by NATO are not those that took power afterwards.
- The European press reported hours after the attack that it was an preplanned attack.
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