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It's hard when you're faced with ***** Galore
This is the head of the CIA, conspiracy is in his job description. So, you're supposing that the head of one of the world's top spy agencies is A) too stupid to avoid having affairs and B) not good enough at his job to keep it under wraps.
What? The CIA exactly violated the orders to let the 30+ Americans and others there die and sent in what few guys the CIA could get in there, thus preventing those deaths replacing that with on 4, including the 2 Seals. Saving those lives but losing their own was in direct contradiction of orders. The attack and lack of response can't be blamed on the CIA, but the lack of those that were supposed to die not dying is.
Good one.
yet, it wasn't a big issue for President Clinton. :3oops:
What? The CIA exactly violated the orders to let the 30+ Americans and others there die and sent in what few guys the CIA could get in there, thus preventing those deaths replacing that with on 4, including the 2 Seals. Saving those lives but losing their own was in direct contradiction of orders. The attack and lack of response can't be blamed on the CIA, but the lack of those that were supposed to die not dying is.
Yes, as we've established, getting impeached is no big deal.
What I think is that a guy like Petraeus is NOT going to shame himself, destroy his 37-year-old marriage, and wreck his distinguished career to cover anyone's ass.
What I think is that a guy like Petraeus is NOT going to shame himself, destroy his 37-year-old marriage, and wreck his distinguished career to cover anyone's ass.
Er hmm, Oliver North *cough*. When the POTUS asks, old generals fall on their swords. The faithful ones at least.
Good response but I think realistically you have to give people, even in sensitive positions at least one pass on personal issues. Expecting perfection or "don't get caught" from officials creates an atmosphere of dishonesty and *winks winks*. I don't live that way and don't expect it from others. Now if he's a brain surgeon doing surgery, saying "ooops" then **** can him.
Oliver North was a kook; Petraeus is not. Take off the tinfoil hat.
Really Adam? That's just absurd. Regardless of how miffed you are at the guy's politics after the fact, his service record is brillant and he flushed his career, his excellent reputation and many years of his life being the goat for his President.
I'm not saying that Petraeus should be pilloried for this. Obviously he had a tremendously distinguished career. He is only human. But dayum. He's the last person I would have expected to make such a mistake.
It's always the choirboy that put the bag of burning dog poop on the priests doorstep. Meaning that his excessive effort to carry that image often causes an internal rebellion. I'd rather he said "Hey, I screwed up and I owe my wife and family an apology, or not. And if the President wants me replaced I'll step down". That's how you should roll if you're going to impress us as keeping it real. I can't stand the current PC crappola that passes as decency.
Picture of the other woman (man?) or it didn't happen.
I'm sure there's more to the story, which will probably come out in the following days.
I don't want to go too far into speculation, but I thought it was bizarre that Petraeus purportedly went to see a movie the night of the Benghazie attack. I'm thinking maybe he wasn't really at a movie....
I'm not saying that Petraeus should be pilloried for this. Obviously he had a tremendously distinguished career. He is only human. But dayum. He's the last person I would have expected to make such a mistake.
Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Virginia, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, is one of those who think change is overdue -- and that Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan will have to go."I think it's time to put somebody else in there to make sure we're getting a different culture in the Secret Service," Forbes told CNN.
Someone finally made the connection. He was out hotel humping instead of watching the store? That should get you fired. If that turns out to be even remotely true, then he's getting off easy. See how fast things can change a mind?
In the aftermath of the assault, questions have been raised within the administration and on Capitol Hill about Mr. Petraeus's role in responding to the attack. On Oct. 10, lawmakers grilled senior State Department officials about the attack. Some senior administration officials say they were surprised Mr. Petraeus went to that night's private Washington screening of the movie Argo, about a covert CIA operation in 1979 in Tehran.
It's always the choirboy that put the bag of burning dog poop on the priests doorstep. Meaning that his excessive effort to carry that image often causes an internal rebellion. I'd rather he said "Hey, I screwed up and I owe my wife and family an apology, or not. And if the President wants me replaced I'll step down". That's how you should roll if you're going to impress us as keeping it real. I can't stand the current PC crappola that passes as decency.
At one point during the consulate siege, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton telephoned the CIA director directly to seek assistance. Real-time intelligence from the field was scarce and some officials at State and the Pentagon were largely in the dark about the CIA's role..
Let me get a clock on that....
Yep, four minutes for the first conspiracy theory to be hatched. :lol:
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