Whatever the career threat trigger was, Petraeus has already pulled it and doesn’t have to worry about losing his career anymore...it’s already gone. So Obama has lost that means of control, which was obviously what was being used to make him recant his early position and say stupid things blaming the famous video.
But Obama still has a number of other holds on him, including military charges, deprivation of his pension, and, of course, the final solution for the disobedient.
I’d like to think Petraeus will just stand up and refuse to be intimidated - because actually, going public is probably his best chance for saving his life, metaphorically and literally - but I’m not sure he will. He’s spent his entire life under command and being PC whatsoever king may reign, so I’m not sure there’s really any moral autonomy left there. But one may hope.
I think he could change it all if he testified honestly, and there would be no way for either Obama or his apparatchiks to escape.
I think he could change it all if he testified honestly, and there would be no way for either Obama or his apparatchiks to escape.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
We will see. But there is something vile under all of this that is not yet disclosed.We can smell it. It looks as if Petraeus will support Obama, and since it will be a Senate Committee in camera ( closed doors), I am sure Feinstein will protect Obama. We need Petraeus before Issa’s House Oversight Commmittee.
IMHO Petraeus has convinced Obama he will support him...which is why the hearing has been scheduled, remember at first Petraeus’s attendence was postponed until he “sorted his life out.”
But this may behind closed doors develop into the greatest shakedown of a general that has ever been....and I fear his life may be put in danger before he can appear before a House Committee in public.
Could he lose his pension if court martial? Maybe this is being held over him, no court martial and you get a pension if you tell it like they want. We need someone to admit there were requests for help that were turned down. How is it that the ex seals were told to stand down yet there is no request for help? If we can’t get an answer in 3+ years on Fast & Furious, why should we expect and different on this?