Posted on 11/29/2016 2:16:30 AM PST by Eleutheria5
General David Petraeus spent an hour meeting with Trump on Monday at his offices in Trump Tower in Manhattan and has emerged as a top contender for Secretary of State, along with Mitt Romney and Rudolph Giuliani.
He is praised as a politically astute military commander with extensive experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, two hot spots that will immediately be facing the new president. His CIA experience gave him broad exposure to America’s clandestine operations around the world, and he already has an extensive network of connections with heads of state and foreign and defense ministers.
Under President Bush, Petraeus led the troop surge in Iraq and helped persuade Obama to pursue a similar strategy in Afghanistan. He is still frequently cited for his work as editor of “The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual,” which laid out the troop-intensive strategy used in these two operations.
However, during the presidential campaign, Trump declared his opposition to this kind of intensive engagement and said the United States should stop attempting to build other nations with its intensive interventions.
A Petraeus nomination would also be problematic because Petraeus was convicted of mishandling classified information in a scandal stemming from his extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. During the relationship, Petraeus turned over his confidential diary to Broadwell, leading the F.B.I. to recommend that he be charged with a felony. Petraeus pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Considering Trump’s strong criticism of Hilary Clinton for her use of a private email address and server for classified information, a Petraeus nomination would raise charges of hypocrisy.
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I don’t know Rudy’s history.
Petraeus had his education paid for by the American Taxpayers.
He attended the United States Military Academy.
He was taught to follow standards.
He violated those standards.
On top of that, he’s really not very bright.
Huckabee would be good surprise.
Charming, traditional America defender, well spoken, 2A supporter, no scandals, smart...and loyal to Trump.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Both the General and Romney appear to be Globalists. Don’t want either one.
omg LMAO. I wish someone would photoshop Mitt in a soiled apron and hairnet ladling up the soup of the day to President Trump.
Gen Mattis IS the top candidate!
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WTF became of NO MORE PC!!!!!!!!!!
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Start PRACTICING No More PC NOW! Not Jan 20th—Pie In Da Sky Bye.N.Bye????
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Semper General Mattis!
AMERICA’s kind of greatness/no PC!!!!!!!!!!!
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Damn straight.
Oh. cummings.
He walked out on his wife and started appearing in public with his mistress, calling her “my very special friend.”
- Better than Romney
- His misadventures with classified data are problematic.
Naming him would make any prosecution of Hillary for
similar crimes VERY difficult. The intel community
will be very disheartened.
In a world filled with imperfect people, select the least imperfect.
Rudy would be the man, imho. He has no foreign policy experience, except for bouncing Arafat out of a party. He’s got a strong moral compass. He’s done great as a prosecutor and a mayor, so I think he’s a man with plenty of untapped talent.
“We dodged a big bullet, Folks, with the Clintons. The country is safe again. For now, at least.”........
The Clinton’s have NOT gone away, we haven’t seen the last of them, of that I am certain. Their corruption has helped taint this country for some time and they still have lots of stuff in their bag of tricks. Never say “never”.
You might as well start meeting with Jerry Sandusky in prison to see if he's interested in a cabinet post.
I think Petraeus, until he let his Johnson get in the way, was on course for the presidency. He’s an able man, and once again, you have to hand it to Trump to even consider the man.
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is trump dealing with petraeus contingent on publicly coming clean on benghazi?
Benghazi was WHY Hussein Obama had to bury Petraus. Petraus was going to reveal some of Husseins dirty laundry
Hussein would bury his kids to keep the public in the dark about his gun running in Libya and Syria. Until the Presstitutes tell the average American what to think, it’s Duhhhhh?
Hussein and useful idiot Hillary were arming Muslim terrorists. If you have to ask why a guy named Hussein would give weapons to Muslim terrorists, then vote for Democrats. You are lost.
Good point...
See, someone gets it.
Petraeus was neutralized because he wasn’t playing ball with Obama in Libya, and they actually went around him to do Benghazi.
Guy knew too much, so they humiliated him with the affair. Obviously that part is on him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she was thrown at him to compromise him. Classic honeypot maneuver.
That said, I couldn’t care less about whether or not he gets a position.
More of Trump’s disinformation campaign.
No Betrayus was and is another globalist. He and astronaut Mark Kelly just announced that they have teamed up to promote gun control. The guy got caught sharing top secret info with his mistress. Yeh let’s give him a high level cabinet position. Not!
Can he even qualify for a top secret clearance?
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