Posted on 11/09/2012 7:34:43 PM PST by Brandonmark
LT. COL. RALPH PETERS: The timing is just too perfect for the Obama administration. Just as the administration claimed it was purely coincidence that our Benghazi consulate was attacked on the anniversary of September 11th. Now it’s purely coincidence that this affair -- extra-marital affair -- surfaces right after the election, not before, but right after, but before the intelligence chiefs go to Capitol Hill to get grilled. As an old intelligence analyst, Neil, the way I read this -- I could be totally wrong, this is my interpretation -- is that the administration was unhappy with Petraeus not playing ball 100% on their party-line story. I think it's getting cold feet about testifying under oath on their party-line story. And I suspect that these tough Chicago guys knew about this affair for a while, held it in their back pocket until they needed to play the card.
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Maybe she set him up. What is her political persuasion?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/26/Petraeus-on-Benghazi-It-Wasnt-Me
When Petraeus was in Afghanistan he decided that the troops should get out of their armored vehicles and interact with the populace more. You know, the old hearts and minds crap? The result was a dramatic increase in injuries, legs and testicles blown off, due to IEDs. When he saw that Afghanistan was not going well, he turned the mess over to somebody else and came home as the conquering hero. He has always been a self-promoting tool.
I hope there is no “sword” over the head of Patraeus and that he is the honorable man we all believe him to be.
So far we have General Ham and Admiral Gaouette being, “relieved of duty pending an internal investigation into undisclosed allegations of inappropriate judgment” (CNN). Now this. It’s getting more and more interesting.
Cheating and infidelity is seen as a no-no for those with TS Clearance. My last State Dept interview for a friend featured quite a few questions about his lifestyle and whether he had infidelity issues. If Petraeus’ cheating was discovered internally, it could represent a significant security risk thanks to blackmail. That still leaves the question of why he would announce the reason for his resignation and make it public.
Does anyone think Petraeus will show up for the Hearings and if he does, will he pull an Oliver North or will he throw the Administration under the bus.
How can he be honorable and work for the commie? Isn’t bad moral character a prerequisite for administration jobs?
I’m holding out for the possibility that Petraeus was tired of the WH holding his affair over his head, and using the affair to get Petraeus to support the BS of the video tape. Perhaps Petraeus resigned to regain dignity and to get the truth out.
Let’s give him the chance to be honorable.
” My suspicion was that the Obama administration was using the affair to keep Petraeus quiet — and Petraeus outed himself and resigned just to take all that leverage away from them “
That is what I think too. He was being blackmailed by the administration and the only way he can tell the truth to COngress is to out himself.
He can regain some semblance of respectability and not let the 4 Americans to have died in VAIN, he can do that by testifying of what he knows.
I hope he will do so.
Congress certainly can call Petraeus as a civilian, but if we see Boner pushing the ‘decline to call him because he’s a civilian now’ meme, look for what the little barry bastard boy regime has on Boner. I am betting it is on a scale of what is hidden about Lott.
I disagree. Having been career military, I know of many fine retired military who stay on in the government because they still have the desire to serve our nation.
Ralph Peters agrees with me.
Blackmail cards held back and used at the right moment are an Axlerod trademark.
Now it seems to me he is FREE TO TELL ALL. I hope he desires to regain some respectability and testifying will be the way to do that.
He has so humiliated himself with many Military Brass on just the Benghazi affair. I believe he SO WANTS THAT BACK, I don't believe he is a COWARD after all this time in the service, he just fell in with the bad crowd and got burned. JMO
The other affair is not a job killer.
Can the DAIG bring charges against Pet that would prevent him from being able to testify with a case ongoing?
Thanks to you and the other posters for reminding me that sitting on the internet doesn’t exactly make a person an expert on what happened. I was ready to kick Petraeus to the curb until you made me realize there could be a lot more to this story. I’m going to shut up and wait til the truth comes out - and hope it does.
No; in fact there are two with exceptional moral character that spring immediately to mind:
Daniel, and Joseph.
But with your handle I should expect you to be familiar with them and how they rose to their positions precisely because of their moral character.
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