Petraeua was too trusting - he got set up. He took the bait.
But, good grief, in the world he has lived in most all his life - surrounded by as many unscrupulous people as honest - how could he not know better than to leave a trail?
I fear for him and his family - and us.
The irony of this situation is that the General didn’t belong to either woman - he was married. Did the mistress believe he was going to divorce his wife and marry her? She got jealous over something that wasn’t hers.