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    More Questions Than Answers -Patreaus Resignation

    Timing is everything, and not just in comedy.

    There's usually a lull after an election, the frenzied press corpse breathes a sigh of relief, and those too long in the limelight get some "me" time.

    Or that's how things generally go....and so it can maybe be allowed that resignation of an Obama top aide over a relatively minor scandal raises some eyebrows if not serious questions.

    Will be ever ge the goods on Benghazi?



    Resignations over scandals often raise more questions than they answer, and that’s true of Gen. David Petraeus’s abrupt exit from the Central Intelligence Agency.
    Some have already been put to rest: Paula Broadwell, the author of “All In: The Education of David Petraeus,” has been identified as the woman at the center of the FBI email probe that ultimately toppled him.
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    Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz2BsRYQQs2


    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83678.htm


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    You're looking for conspiracies where there are none. Remember, what would be a "minor offense" in the normal world, constitutes a serious security risk in the cloak and dagger realm of Spy vs. Spy. Any kind of indiscretion that can be used as leverage against an agent is a problem. The DCI isn't just an average citizen who gets to shrug off affairs. They could be used against him, and therefore make him a serious liability.

    As I said in the other thread bout this, I actually respect the General for being honest about why he was leaving, instead of trotting out the tired, trite "...send time with my family" bull$#@!.
    You don't get to vote for the party that supported, and legislated government forced vaginal probes, and then claim to oppose Obama because he represents "increased government control, and power".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Czernobog View Post
    You're looking for conspiracies where there are none. Remember, what would be a "minor offense" in the normal world, constitutes a serious security risk in the cloak and dagger realm of Spy vs. Spy. Any kind of indiscretion that can be used as leverage against an agent is a problem. The DCI isn't just an average citizen who gets to shrug off affairs. They could be used against him, and therefore make him a serious liability.

    As I said in the other thread bout this, I actually respect the General for being honest about why he was leaving, instead of trotting out the tired, trite "...send time with my family" bull$#@!.
    Agreed, kinda.

    But our legislative system is - everyone is $#@!ing everyone, maybe this was just a convenient excuse.

    Just ask Heidi Fleiss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Czernobog View Post
    You're looking for conspiracies where there are none. Remember, what would be a "minor offense" in the normal world, constitutes a serious security risk in the cloak and dagger realm of Spy vs. Spy. Any kind of indiscretion that can be used as leverage against an agent is a problem. The DCI isn't just an average citizen who gets to shrug off affairs. They could be used against him, and therefore make him a serious liability.

    As I said in the other thread bout this, I actually respect the General for being honest about why he was leaving, instead of trotting out the tired, trite "...send time with my family" bull$#@!.

    With his wife's mug, nobody would have believed that anyway....

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    http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives...e-to-petraeus/

    this woman sounds crazed. And then i read that she tried to break it off and he was chasing her. Well, guys do go stark raving nutz when they're on......strange ground. I don't know if i believe he was chasing her although it could be the case. Maybe this is a fiction of the BMedia to make it more confusing which is likely the case knowing how the media works. Anyway. WHO CARE ABOUT THE DEAD EMBASSY EMPLOYEES.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Calypso Jones View Post
    http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives...e-to-petraeus/

    this woman sounds crazed. And then i read that she tried to break it off and he was chasing her. Well, guys do go stark raving nutz when they're on......strange ground. I don't know if i believe he was chasing her although it could be the case. Maybe this is a fiction of the BMedia to make it more confusing which is likely the case knowing how the media works. Anyway. WHO CARE ABOUT THE DEAD EMBASSY EMPLOYEES.
    Ah.....

    Sounds like a woman scorned....if that's crazy?, well...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    With his wife's mug, nobody would have believed that anyway....
    PETER!!! That's mean! Funny...but mean!
    You don't get to vote for the party that supported, and legislated government forced vaginal probes, and then claim to oppose Obama because he represents "increased government control, and power".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Czernobog View Post
    You're looking for conspiracies where there are none. Remember, what would be a "minor offense" in the normal world, constitutes a serious security risk in the cloak and dagger realm of Spy vs. Spy. Any kind of indiscretion that can be used as leverage against an agent is a problem. The DCI isn't just an average citizen who gets to shrug off affairs. They could be used against him, and therefore make him a serious liability.

    As I said in the other thread bout this, I actually respect the General for being honest about why he was leaving, instead of trotting out the tired, trite "...send time with my family" bull$#@!.



    There is a fairly broad line between a conspiracy theory and the questioning of event as proscribed by an administration not exactly known for openness and transparency. A cornerstone of a conspiracy is a 'theory'; a specific alternative to the one painted.

    The introduction of the word is a diversion, since no alternate theories are being proscribed, only that the administration's version of evewnts was, and is a complete farce, an invention of Bozo the Clown thinking and now looks, really, really lame.


    And then, gee, kind of like Watergatem those in the know seem to bot be able testify and, aw shucks, I forgot the exact time line, and like that...

    No conspiracy friend, just business as usual


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    hmmm. i remember a couple weeks ago when i got ridiculed by lefties for saying the very same thing about a leftis politician being compromised. What a difference a stolen election makes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fearandloathing View Post
    Timing is everything, and not just in comedy.

    There's usually a lull after an election, the frenzied press corpse breathes a sigh of relief, and those too long in the limelight get some "me" time.

    Or that's how things generally go....and so it can maybe be allowed that resignation of an Obama top aide over a relatively minor scandal raises some eyebrows if not serious questions.

    Will be ever ge the goods on Benghazi?
    I do know that the leftwing press itself raised the issue the other day of whether or not Petraeus was so distracted by his affair and keeping it quiet that he failed to act or react as he should have done during the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. What this tells me is that the leftwing members of the press are still anxious enough about Benghazi actually turning into Benghazi-gate that they are ready to toss Petraus under the bus if necessary in order to continue providing spin and cover for their president.

    Will anything come of it? I have no idea. It depends on Daryl Issa and if the Republican dominated House of Representatives will allow him to continue investigating now that Obama has been re-elected. It seems to me that John Boehner is in a cowed and conciliatory mood of accommodation where Obama is concerned. We shall have to wait and see.

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