The Sins of General David Petraeus
Yes, its not what actually happens that matters its what you can convince the public it thinks happened.
[link:http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/the-sins-of-general-david-petraeus|
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)If you don't read anything else about Gen. P at least read this one.
Shade7M
(30 posts)...of the political general. Not the kind of guy you'd count on to actually win battles, and you sure as hell wouldn't want to turn your back on him...
drokhole
(1,230 posts)...so fucking disgusting. Props to Noam Chomsky for so plainly laying it bare for the general public. His documentary Manufacturing Consent should be required viewing. Century of the Self was another good one:
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....in Republican politics.
Tutonic
(2,522 posts)Makes one question if Petraeus gave classified docs to Dan Senor knowing that these would be passed on to Romney. Senor went silent after second debate. Affair may be a smokescreen.
Carolina
(6,960 posts)All those lives, all those lies, all that mis-spent capital.
Move-on was right. Wish Betray-Us and Bush-Co could be made to pay for their real crimes.
EmeraldCityGrl
(4,310 posts)disclosing information not yet privy to the MSM during an alumni speech she gave last month.
Petraeus knew he was under investigation, many knew. They keep saying a crime wasn't committed,
but if he disclosed classified intelligence to Broadwell, a crime was committed.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Vietnam was just chock full of these guys, and the kicker is they are usually really incompetent, lousy soldiers.