Last tango in Paula affair

[risky biz]

The Repubbys have "lingering questions". Good luck holding together a
coalition that can some day win with nothing but "lingering questions" for
a public policy.

I said here four years ago that the Republican Party had centrifugal
tendencies. (For the Republicans here: that implies they're going to spin
apart into pieces. I decided to insert that explanation after thinking
about a recent exchange with 'Steam'.)

The Repubbys are really grasping at straws. Deep in their psyche they have
a compulsive need to think "if only this had been disclosed before
election day we would have won!" Like swing voters give a damn who
Petraeus is gettin' freaky with.

The most informative analysis I've seen yet is here:
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/11/11/a-covert-affair-petraeus-caught-in-the-honeypot/

If Israel Lobby-connected Paula Broadwell had classified documents on her
computer and the FBI has apparently so far concluded that she didn't get
them from Petraeus, where did she get them?

[ChrisRobin]

On Nov 12 2012 12:34 PM, risky biz wrote:

> The most informative analysis I've seen yet is here:
>
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/11/11/a-covert-affair-petraeus-caught-in-the-honeypot/

Thanks for the link. I agree with Raimondo – smells like a set-up. Don't
forget, this guy was considered a potential Presidential candidate in
2016. Two birds, one stone?

[Bradley K. Sherman]

| WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)--The scandal involving
| former C.I.A. director David Petraeus took a startling
| twist today, as a leading right-wing conspiracy theorist
| claimed that Gen. Petraeus initiated his affair with author
| Paula Broadwell last year to avoid testifying about
| Benghazi this week.
|
| "Petraeus is a master of strategy, capable of playing
| several chess moves ahead," said Harland Dorrinson, who has
| a website. "Clearly, he knew it would be handy to be
| embroiled in an extra-marital affair if the situation in
| Benghazi someday went south and he was forced to testify
| about it."
|
| By destroying his career, reputation, and possibly his
| personal life, Mr. Dorrinson said, "General Petraeus
| achieved exactly what he set out to do: skip testifying
| about Benghazi. All I can say is, mission accomplished,
| General. Pretty smooth."
|
| Even though "the reason Petraeus started his affair is
| obvious to anyone with a brain in his head," Mr. Dorrinson
| says, he does not expect the mainstream media to
| investigate his theory any time soon: "The only person I've
| been able to get interested in this is Karl Rove."
|
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/11/petraeus-started-affair-last-year-to-cover-up-benghazi-says-conspiracy-theorist.html>

--bks

[risky biz]

What's really sobering is someone of his stature feeling compelled to
plead for forgiveness from the Israel Lobby for the political error of
describing Israel as a strategic liability when that fact is quite obvious
to anyone with working brain cells. You have to wonder how he got to where
he was in the first place. For instance:

"Prominent members of conservative, Washington-based defense think tanks
were given permanent office space at his headquarters and access to
military aircraft to tour the battlefield. They provided advice to field
commanders that sometimes conflicted with orders the commanders were
getting from their immediate bosses."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-aides-wonder-did-petraeus-stumble-in-unfamiliar-terrain/2012/11/11/881b650c-2c3a-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html

"Prominent members of conservative, Washington-based defense think tanks"
have repeatedly displayed greater concern for the terrorist-state
interests of Israel than the national interests of the United States. Did
they decide to burn him for the red line-crossing misstep of letting some
truth about Israel leak into the public media sphere?

This reminds me of the guy a while back who got jail time for passing top
secret US national security information to representatives of the Israel
Lobby. He wasn't getting money for this. They merely promised to promote
his career in the national security establishment. So, if you want to get
somewhere in the upper echelons of the US Government go calling on the
Israel Lobby. Plenty of Congressional representatives are certainly
familiar with playing that card. Presidential candidates, too.

[VegasJerry]

You conspiracy nuts are cracked (har!). You've generated a foregone conclusion that President Obama has something sinister to hide about Bengasi. Working from that 'made up position®' you have a 4-star general committing hara kiri to cover up something he learned on a trip he, himself, volunteered to make?

JFC dummies; the GOP politicos were only using Bengasi as a wedge during their unsuccessful attempt at the White House. WTF would the General give a shit about Bengasi as a bargaining tool? Even the GOP has stopped blubbering about the Petraeus scandal being hidden until after the election. NBC reported that the FBI had notified Eric Cantor last month. I'm more interested in why the FBI notified Cantor, but not the President of the United States. Aren’t you?

Jerry (who didn't know either) 'n Vegas

[risky biz]

What the hell are you even talking about? Who cares what the GOP politicos
are talking about? It's probably 99.5% cowshit, as usual.

[ChrisRobin]

On Nov 12 2012 3:22 PM, risky biz wrote:

> On Nov 12 2012 12:29 PM, ChrisRobin wrote:
>
> > On Nov 12 2012 12:34 PM, risky biz wrote:
> >
> > > The most informative analysis I've seen yet is here:
> > >
> >
>
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/11/11/a-covert-affair-petraeus-caught-in-the-honeypot/
> >
> > Thanks for the link. I agree with Raimondo – smells like a set-up. Don't
> > forget, this guy was considered a potential Presidential candidate in
> > 2016. Two birds, one stone?
>
> What's really sobering is someone of his stature feeling compelled to
> plead for forgiveness from the Israel Lobby for the political error of
> describing Israel as a strategic liability when that fact is quite obvious
> to anyone with working brain cells. You have to wonder how he got to where
> he was in the first place. For instance:

The system will be protected at all costs.

> "Prominent members of conservative, Washington-based defense think tanks
> were given permanent office space at his headquarters and access to
> military aircraft to tour the battlefield. They provided advice to field
> commanders that sometimes conflicted with orders the commanders were
> getting from their immediate bosses."
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-aides-wonder-did-petraeus-stumble-in-unfamiliar-terrain/2012/11/11/881b650c-2c3a-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_story.html
>
> "Prominent members of conservative, Washington-based defense think tanks"
> have repeatedly displayed greater concern for the terrorist-state
> interests of Israel than the national interests of the United States. Did
> they decide to burn him for the red line-crossing misstep of letting some
> truth about Israel leak into the public media sphere?

Criticism of Israel is a sin that rarely goes unpunished in Washington.

> This reminds me of the guy a while back who got jail time for passing top
> secret US national security information to representatives of the Israel
> Lobby. He wasn't getting money for this. They merely promised to promote
> his career in the national security establishment. So, if you want to get
> somewhere in the upper echelons of the US Government go calling on the
> Israel Lobby. Plenty of Congressional representatives are certainly
> familiar with playing that card. Presidential candidates, too.

I'd argue that there is no distinction between the national security
establishment and the Israel lobby – they're one and the same thing. The
Israelis sit on an enormous spigot of U.S. subsidies, which are then
re-invested in American defense firms and politicians... it's the literal
gravy train of our corrupt political class. It shouldn't surprise us that
this relationship is to be protected at all costs.

[Von Fourche]

"ChrisRobin" <a9d...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
news:ie78n9x...@news.ezprovider.com...

> On Nov 12 2012 3:22 PM, risky biz wrote:
>
>> On Nov 12 2012 12:29 PM, ChrisRobin wrote:
>>
>> > On Nov 12 2012 12:34 PM, risky biz wrote:
>> >
>> > > The most informative analysis I've seen yet is here:
>> > >
>> >
>>
> http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2012/11/11/a-covert-affair-petraeus-caught-in-the-honeypot/
>> >

>> > Thanks for the link. I agree with Raimondo - smells like a set-up.

> establishment and the Israel lobby - they're one and the same thing. The

> Israelis sit on an enormous spigot of U.S. subsidies, which are then
> re-invested in American defense firms and politicians... it's the literal
> gravy train of our corrupt political class. It shouldn't surprise us that
> this relationship is to be protected at all costs.

If Israel goes to hell they will drag the U.S. down with them.

[halfpastdead]

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