[Cicero]

The more I think about this, the less confident I am what’s going to happen.

Petraeus seemed to do a pretty good job under Bush. Then, later, he agreed to serve under Obama, and started to do a really lousy job in Afghanistan. He consented to killing Rules of Engagement, which pretty much tied both hands behind our troops’ backs, and resulted in a failure to accomplish anything more, a rise in the death rate beyond anything seen earlier, and a growing sense among the terrorists that we didn’t really want to win.

Then Obama chose him to head the CIA, and it really looked as if he had turned into an Obama tool. And, if there was some kind of CIA operation to run guns from Libya to the terrorists in Syria and elsewhere, then presumably Petraeus went along with it, as an insider.

Was he being blackmailed? Well, here we see a possible instrument of blackmail. But you don’t use such an instrument unless you have to. Better to have the blackmail victim under your thumb and doing what you demand.

Is this resignation part of a plan to stop Petraeus from testifying about Benghazigate? Or is it his refusal to go along any further with this corrupt business, which forced Obama to fire him? Or did he decide to confess his sins openly and resign, so he could fight back?

I really have no idea. I guess we just need to see what happens next.

[Alberta's Child]

I think it's the other way around. My suspicion was that the Obama administration was using the affair to keep Petraeus quiet -- and Petraeus outed himself and resigned just to take all that leverage away from them.

The Obama administration cannot prevent Petraeus from testifying to Congress. He won't be testifying now because he's no longer the CIA director and he was originally called to testify in that role, but nothing prevents Congress from calling him to testify as a civilian about what he knows.

[Gene Eric]

>> I really have no idea.

There’s really no way to know without having access to the inevitably unavailable information.

The Left seems to enjoy flaunting its influence, however.

[Alberta's Child]

P.S. I wouldn't trust the guy anyway, and I never liked him. Any career military officer who goes on to a civilian role in appointed positions in an administration strikes me as a complete hack and a life-long government employee whose #1 priority is living at the expense of the U.S. taxpayers.

The last guy who followed this career path from high-profile general to Beltway hack was Colin Powell. I rest my case.

[garjog]

“part of a plan to stop Petraeus from testifying about Benghazigate? “

Question: can’t Congress subpoena him anyway? Just because he resigned doesn’t mean his can’t be ordered to testify — right?

[surrey]

If he were a real patriot he would have resigned before the election and let the chips fall where they may.

[presently no screen name]

Whatever Obama touches he destroys. He is evil. They are/were under his spell. Col Lakin knew it and tried to warn but no one listened. The commie destroyed his career, also. The protectors of USA, he destroys. Reason for NRE. It was a real strange election, he destroyed our election process, also. Satan has come to kill/rob/destroy.

[patriotspride]

Is this resignation part of a plan to stop Petraeus from testifying about Benghazigate? Or is it his refusal to go along any further with this corrupt business, which forced Obama to fire him? Or did he decide to confess his sins openly and resign, so he could fight back?

I really have no idea. I guess we just need to see what happens next.

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My 2 cents. They wanted to discredit him. They had the goods on him for awhile, he didn’t want to play ball.

They took away his most precious asset. Credibility....

e.g. If he hid this, then he can’t be trusted........