‘“I don’t think too many guys advance to flag rank by being stupid.”
Offered in rebuttal: Gen. Petraeus. Thinking with the wrong head can strike any rank & usually with disastrous results.’
“Petraeus’ fall from grace had nothing to do with stupidity, merely with lust.”
A fine line separates the two. Lust often results in stupid behavior, which is then called to account. As in this case.