I think you’re right about Petraeus. He’s gone all Wesley Clark on us. He had a chance to resign at the disgrace of Benghazi, but instead buckled to to the blackmail. Then got screwed anyhow. And he STILL came out to trash DT, IIRC.
In my opinion, Patraeus was always a political player. His tenure at CENTCOM was decent, but he was a prime example of the danger of getting too cozy with Muslim tyrants. Americans are too taken with royalty and often overlook the brutal reality of the Middle East—the view from the palaces masks the reality of the cultural evil.