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LNL76 11-13-2012 08:33 AM

"Tarnished Brass"
 
I think this should be the title of the future movie about Patraeus and General Allen! Just how many "other women" are there? :p

jungle 11-13-2012 08:45 AM

Alternate title: Bamboozled in Benghazi

Show trials of this nature often serve as a distractor, some people got laid and some people got killed. What is more important?:D

vagabond 11-13-2012 08:51 AM

I've often wondered what 4 star generals are like. Alas, I only know about 4 stripe captains. ;)

jungle 11-13-2012 08:54 AM


Originally Posted by vagabond (Post 1292089)
I've often wondered what 4 star generals are like. Alas, I only know about 4 stripe captains. ;)

The perfumed princes of many stars are a different animal entirely. Normal usefulness only extends as long as they remain docile to their masters.

LNL76 11-13-2012 08:59 AM


Originally Posted by jungle (Post 1292084)
Alternate title: Bamboozled in Benghazi

Show trials of this nature often serve as a distractor, some people got laid and some people got killed. What is more important?

Pretty sure I'd rather get laid......:p





Originally Posted by vagabond (Post 1292089)
I've often wondered what 4 star generals are like. Alas, I only know about 4 stripe captains.

Not too interested in 4 star generals (although maybe I should be!) :) but I hear ya on the 4 stripe captains.... :D

rickair7777 11-13-2012 09:16 AM


Originally Posted by jungle (Post 1292091)
The perfumed princes of many stars are a different animal entirely. Normal usefulness only extends as long as they remain docile to their masters.

Not true in the case of Petraeus (and Mattis). The sense in the beltway is that the administration is actually afraid of them...cutting them free might have resulted in loose (ie honest) cannons in the media and political realms.

This situation sucks more for all of us than for Petraeus...the American people would have benefited from having that guy in a leadership role for as many years as possible.

If you ever met his wife you would understand why a high-energy guy like that might need somebody like Broadwell in his life...I'd give him an alibi on that one. He didn't actually violate any rules (no UCMJ, he's retired), other than common political sense.

jungle 11-13-2012 09:31 AM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 1292105)
Not true in the case of Petraeus (and Mattis). The sense in the beltway is that the administration is actually afraid of them...cutting them free might have resulted in loose (ie honest) cannons in the media and political realms.

This situation sucks more for all of us than for Petraeus...the American people would have benefited from having that guy in a leadership role for as many years as possible.

If you ever met his wife you would understand why a high-energy guy like that might need somebody like Broadwell in his life...I'd give him an alibi on that one. He didn't actually violate any rules (no UCMJ, he's retired), other than common political sense.

Perhaps the fear is manifest by the cutting loose and discrediting.
Any testimony by a person of such low moral standards could not possibly be taken seriously by the public. (this may be called sarcasm, if you don't spot it on your own)

I think we can be sure there is far more than meets the eye here.

DYNASTY HVY 11-14-2012 04:06 AM

I wonder how the conversations turned out with the spouses?:rolleyes:


Ally

FDXLAG 11-14-2012 04:37 AM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 1292105)
Not true in the case of Petraeus (and Mattis). The sense in the beltway is that the administration is actually afraid of them...cutting them free might have resulted in loose (ie honest) cannons in the media and political realms.

This situation sucks more for all of us than for Petraeus...the American people would have benefited from having that guy in a leadership role for as many years as possible.

If you ever met his wife you would understand why a high-energy guy like that might need somebody like Broadwell in his life...I'd give him an alibi on that one. He didn't actually violate any rules (no UCMJ, he's retired), other than common political sense.

I guess this post is overcome by events. Yes rules were broken. Jail is a distinct possibility. But it is all that guy who made the videos fault.

rickair7777 11-14-2012 06:55 AM


Originally Posted by FDXLAG (Post 1292567)
I guess this post is overcome by events. Yes rules were broken. Jail is a distinct possibility. But it is all that guy who made the videos fault.


I haven't heard of any rules broken by Petraeus, other than media allusions to possible security violations due to "pillow talk". Jail?


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