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Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus
The Weekly Standard - Blog ^ | October 26, 2012 | William Kristol

Posted on 11/11/2012 4:36:54 PM PST by Will88

Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: "No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: benghazi; navyseals; threatmatrix; threatmatrixbenghazi
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This news story from 10/26/2012 has stuck with me more than anything else during those days following the fiasco in Benghazi. I thought, Petreous is putting out the word that he and the CIA will not be the fall guys for the failure to provide assistance to the Americans in Benghazi.

Now, trying to fit this in with all that's happened with Petraeus resignation, and news of an affair, and that he won't testify next week, etc., the meaning of that news release is murkier than ever. Does anyone have ideas about how this fits in now?

1 posted on 11/11/2012 4:36:58 PM PST by Will88
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To: Will88; a fool in paradise

Petraeus has his own bus or did he throw Obummer under Obummer’s bus?


2 posted on 11/11/2012 4:38:55 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Will88

Well.....allow me to put it this way.

Anyone who thinks his resignation has a THING to do with him schtupping his hot biographer......well, I have some swamp land in Florida I’m trying to unload. Give a call.


3 posted on 11/11/2012 4:39:45 PM PST by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: Will88

Blackmailed to not say what really DID happened, so instead he gave this esoteric statement in order to hint at it without actually saying it.


4 posted on 11/11/2012 4:40:20 PM PST by dinoparty
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To: Will88

I remember this statement from Petraeus - I wonder how much this contributed to his outing.


5 posted on 11/11/2012 4:41:51 PM PST by aquila48
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To: Will88
Forget the bus, Petraeus is an under-the-desk man.
6 posted on 11/11/2012 4:43:03 PM PST by JPG (Stay strong.)
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To: Will88

Don’t forget Valarie Jarrett’s “Payback time” comment.


7 posted on 11/11/2012 4:43:52 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Will88

If has Betrayus does not realize he is the fall guy. He soon will.


8 posted on 11/11/2012 4:43:52 PM PST by tennmountainman
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To: Will88

And let me add ... its not inconceivable that Krystol actually heard from the General’s mouth what was intended by the statement ... the General was a hero of the Neocons and I think he was in contact with them.


9 posted on 11/11/2012 4:44:18 PM PST by dinoparty
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To: Will88

The White House knew about his affair all along, from before he was CIA director.

When he refused to go along with their story, they looked for a weapon and used the one they had at hand.


10 posted on 11/11/2012 4:44:18 PM PST by marron
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To: RightOnline

I got a perfect bridge to span that swampland. bridge still a little wet from Sandy...

...we could make a great combined offer.


11 posted on 11/11/2012 4:45:43 PM PST by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com/)
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To: aquila48

I remember this too.

I believe with my whole heart, there is a Fast & Furious ala Libya style that was going on. Petraeus has his hands dirty, so does O, so does Panetta, Hillary, Stevens, all of them. And that rat fink Jarrett too.

And we’ll probably never know the full story.


12 posted on 11/11/2012 4:45:43 PM PST by Qwackertoo (Going into Politic Free Zone Momma Grizzly hibernation for a while after this week, maybe forever.)
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To: Will88
Too late.

We will never know why Petraeus didn't blow the whistle on this earlier, but the history of Mata Hari comes to mind.

13 posted on 11/11/2012 4:46:04 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: Will88

Is it possible Petraeus resigned so he could testify without the administration telling him what to say?

There’s certainly nothing to stop him from being subpoenaed.


14 posted on 11/11/2012 4:46:17 PM PST by moonhawk (Free Republic: Show prep for Rush Limbaugh.)
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To: RightOnline

BINGO!! He was Blackmailable....that’s why Hussein hired him.


15 posted on 11/11/2012 4:46:35 PM PST by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: moonhawk

Hes a DEMOCRAT...they LIE and Cheat...its what they do best except for selling out AMERICA!


16 posted on 11/11/2012 4:48:29 PM PST by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: moonhawk

Or, even better, so that his subordinate could testify honestly as he probably doesn’t have to fear blackmail.


17 posted on 11/11/2012 4:48:49 PM PST by dinoparty
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To: Will88

Thanks for all the comments, and I’ll add: I recall nothing in the way of any follow-up comments in the same vein from any CIA spokesmen. The CIA just seemed to go silent and make no further comments as to who did what, or who did not do what.


18 posted on 11/11/2012 4:49:52 PM PST by Will88
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To: Ann Archy

Why is all the men, well many of them, get caught in these scandals whether it be with women or with other men? You just don’t hear of the political women, left or right, ugly or pretty, getting caught up in this krap. They tried it with Nicki Haley . . . but she is the only one that comes to mind on the national scene and then it just died down. Men are too easy to corrupt. Maybe we will be better off when we have a majority of Congress and the White House with a woman in charge. Just sayin’.


19 posted on 11/11/2012 4:49:55 PM PST by Qwackertoo (Going into Politic Free Zone Momma Grizzly hibernation for a while after this week, maybe forever.)
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To: dinoparty

Wasnt it the Democrats that told us that “sex” and “infidelity” was not important and that someone’s personal life does not affect their ability to lead???

Clinton/Lewinsky...


20 posted on 11/11/2012 4:51:35 PM PST by neverbluffer
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