Comments on: Five thoughts about the Petraeus affair we’re not supposed to think

By: cam2

cam2 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:09:23 +0000

HondaV65 on November 14, 2012 at 12:15 PM

You’re incorrigible!

By: HondaV65

HondaV65 — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:15:19 +0000

She was freakin’ HOT and, in my opinion – TOTALLY WORTH IT!

By: munseym

munseym — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:13:03 +0000

From the White House point of view, it doesn’t even matter anymore what he says. He has already been discredited.

By: reliapundit

reliapundit — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:29:06 +0000

This may be about MONEY, not sex - especially as concerns Natalie Khawam - Jill's sister, and Grayson Wolfe.

By: Lickmuffin

Lickmuffin — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:11:13 +0000

Five things we’re not supposed to think about? I would have thought that the spurting of fluids, the comingling of short and curly hairs, the squeezing of nipples, the thrusting of groins, and the muffled squeaks of passionate release would have been on that list.

But I guess I would be wrong.

By: blink

blink — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:05:55 +0000

That is the main reason no secret liaisons are allowed…

Fleuries on November 14, 2012 at 10:02 AM

That’s why I’d like to know what Petraeus disclosed during his most recent lie detector test or clearance renewal application form. If he lied on/during them, then it’s quite possible that he was directly threatened with prosecution. That certainly would amp up the motive for lying about Benghazi.

By: blink

blink — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:02:43 +0000

Every report that links his resignation to Benghazi is predicated on the assumption that the president of the United States decided to blackmail the CIA director. There is nothing anywhere to support that assertion.

Yeah, no evidence anywhere except that he lied for Obama’s political benefit last time he talked to Congress about it.

forest on November 14, 2012 at 9:23 AM

The problem is that it’s going to be difficult to prove that Petraeus lied about Benghazi. It’s not as if he would ever admit that he lied, and it’s too easy for him to say that he tried to honest report his interpretation of the intelligence available at the time. And I’m sure Petraeus is too smart to allow himself to get backed into a corner by members of Congress during hearings.

So, how does this all play out? Obama is already elected, and the media is going to do its best to continue to run interference for him.

By: Fleuries

Fleuries — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:02:10 +0000

Hard to know what the point of view of this article is. But let me add to it.
Something else we are not supposed to think:
(It is hard to phrase it that way, in the negative)

This is all about the femme fatale, all about sex, and not a plot by an enemy of the United States…or an enemy of Petreus…or an enemy of our Military…or our CIA…or to expose something covert for someone’s or some countries political purposes.

That is the main reason no secret liaisons are allowed, not because someone wants generals not to have any fun.

Only a year or two ago, we had that Russian Spy ring and seductive Anna Chapman? That was unbelievable too.

By: Dextrous

Dextrous — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:38:47 +0000

Axion on November 14, 2012 at 9:22 AM
forest on November 14, 2012 at 9:23 AM

Thanks guys. Looks pretty clear in retrospect.

By: MayBee

MayBee — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:37:25 +0000

Every report that links his resignation to Benghazi is predicated on the assumption that the president of the United States decided to blackmail the CIA director. There is nothing anywhere to support that assertion.

There was nothing anywhere to support Obama’s assertion that Benghazi was a spontaneous protest about a bad video. Yet Petraeus supported it.

So if you want to argue that Obama didn’t hold the affair over Petraeus’s head, you have to explain why Petraeus held on to an obvious falsehood. You also have to explain why Obama has not yet answered questions about his own actions and words that night and in the following days. Obama wanted Petraeus to back him up, and Petraeus did. They are either two obviously dumb men, or one was giving the other terrible information.

But Petraeus didn’t resign because he gave POTUS bad intelligence, did he?