Did Patraeus fall on his own sword in order to give him more freedom in speaking? Did he resign and, therefore, allow all of this information about his affair to become public, and cause embarrassment to himself and his family, and ruin his record...because he wanted to do the right thing for his country? Maybe. We will see what develops.
We can only hope.
God I hope so.
That has been my theory since we first heard that strangely-worded resignation statement last week.
Most resignation letters, even under duress, are fairly generic,”for personal reasons” or something similar.
This one dumped the dirt or, to use another apt metaphor, burned the ammo they were using to keep him in line.
We shall see.
Yep! I guess we’ll soon see how this four-star general upholds the U.S. Army’s code of honor ...