http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57554590/south-korea-jill-kelley-losing-honorary-consul-title/ Damn! No more diplomatic immunity!
General Sinclair goes to trial: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...l-alleged-sexual-misconduct-article-1.1714351 He's pled guilty to adultery, denies forcing oral sex on the alleged victim. The defense will be cross-examining her about her diary entries next week. Apparently, no mention of threats or fear.
Will he be allowed to plead to lesser charges? http://nypost.com/2014/03/10/generals-sex-assault-court-martial-thrown-into-jeopardy/
Dude keeps landing on his feet. It’s easy to get distracted by all the titillating details when we think about the David Petraeus story. There’s the suggestive title of his lover Paula Broadwell’s fawning biography, All In. There’s Broadwell’s penchant for showing off her well-toned arms, and their famous jogging interviews. These ingredients helped make Petraeus’s fall from grace an all-American, Grade-A celebrity scandal. But the Broadwell episode was actually just a bump in the road for Petraeus. The real theme of his story is much more banal, but much more insidious: seemingly invincible job security, despite a string of failures. He can fail as a general, violate the Uniformed Military Code of Justice by committing adultery, leak classified information, then lie about it to the FBI, and still somehow end up on his feet. After Petraeus’s ignoble departure from the CIA in 2012, the assumption was that his public life was over. With tail between his legs, Petraeus quietly went to workconsulting for private equity, presumably to wait out the FBI investigation into his breaches of national security—all while making bank. And still he continues to fail upwards. Newsweek reported this week that, despite his legal troubles, Petraeus has been advising the White House on the situation with ISIS at least since last summer. After passing classified information to his lover, and then lying to the FBI about it, Petraeus gets a $40,000 fine, a cushy private consulting job, and retains access to (and influence within) the White House. http://www.thebaffler.com/blog/david-petraeus-does-dc/
One of the problems with Petraeus is that the media bought into HIM, and as a result they bought into his narrative about the success of the Surge. As a result of THAT, the people's watchdog, the media, is a lapdog on the issue of how hard or easy counterinsurgency and occupation is. And that's why the notion of rereinvading Iraq is considered a serious idea, rather than being laughed out of the room as it should be.
His status or awesome background as a general doesn't excuse his behavior. I thought there was an honor code in the military. Retire and work for a pro-war think tank or something. The stars still impress lots of civilians so take advantage of that.
You seem to have wanted to be argumentative for the sake of doing so. I only made a simple statement of fact. If you have read any of my posts, you should very clearly know my position on the military and their actions...
Missed the snark. But many ppl have no problem with asshats like Petraeus tapdancing to his next high profile job because General.