I’m hoping and praying that Petraeus was not covering but instead was gathering evidence. Maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part. Hard to know at this point. But if I were in charge and had to weigh the arrest of a filmmaker on one side and the treason of the President on the other side, I’d let the innocent man go to jail for a few months.
Besides, the filmmaker isn’t exactly a model citizen himself, though that doesn’t excuse his treatment. I think he is the victim of a witch hunt and cover story for 0bama. But I would think of it as being involuntarily drafted to serve his country for a few months by going to jail. Safer than a war zone.
Another thing that is interesting to me is that Petraeus announced his infidelity when he resigned. Who does that? Why? My guess is that it would be someone who is being blackmailed for it and wants to neutralize blackmail as a weapon against him. Otherwise he would not have given any reason or would have said he wanted to “spend more time with my family.” Now he is free from that information hanging over his head. Possibly a gutsy and patriotic move.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Interesting. I hope so on your several points.
It’s that old long-standing war between the eternal optimist and the been-had-too-many-times cynic.