Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Petraeus’s Bathsheba Syndrome - Why did a man we so respected succumb to temptation?
National Review Online ^ | November 13, 2012 | Mackubin Thomas Owens

Posted on 11/14/2012 1:49:25 PM PST by neverdem

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-98 next last

1 posted on 11/14/2012 1:49:33 PM PST by neverdem
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: neverdem

Mutual attraction on many levels.


2 posted on 11/14/2012 1:51:29 PM PST by Paladin2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

why? People like sex.


3 posted on 11/14/2012 1:51:53 PM PST by Perdogg (Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA4) for President 2016)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

Gawd, what a waste of cyber paper.


4 posted on 11/14/2012 1:52:21 PM PST by jessduntno ("Socialism only works...in Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they have it." - RR)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: neverdem
We are put on this earth to make mistakes. That is what redemption is about. Overcome our failures and repent to be saved. So am I surprised? Show me one person that has not committed one mistake and I will show you a person that died at birth.
5 posted on 11/14/2012 1:54:19 PM PST by Logical me
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Paladin2
My Dad always said,

"A stiff dick has no conscience"

6 posted on 11/14/2012 1:54:27 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

Huh? Did you see the rack on his mistress?

Sheeeeeeuuuuu.....


7 posted on 11/14/2012 1:55:34 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: knarf

It apparently took years of contact until the fire was finally lit.


8 posted on 11/14/2012 1:56:05 PM PST by Paladin2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: knarf

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”


9 posted on 11/14/2012 1:57:59 PM PST by Perdogg (Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA4) for President 2016)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

Paula,I dropped my pen under the desk!


10 posted on 11/14/2012 1:58:29 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

That is why I have an OPEN DOOR policy in my workplace

I would NEVER allow my door to be closed when I am alone with another female

(most of the time it is never closed anyway- but I have had to open in more than once when someone came in with other than business on their mind)


11 posted on 11/14/2012 1:58:56 PM PST by Mr. K (We need a TEA PARTY MARCH ON GOP HEADQUARTERS!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

She is fit, and fills out her outfits very nicely. I expect she is smart and confident too

She likely gives as good as she gets.

Why settle for a 2 or 3 star general?


12 posted on 11/14/2012 1:58:56 PM PST by PGR88
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: neverdem
the king ... repents but is nonetheless punished by ... the later civil war arising from the insurrection Absalom (David’s beloved third son) leads against Solomon

Nope. Absalom rebelled against David. Solomon is not mentioned in connection with him.

Adonijah, another son of David, attempted a couple of coups against Solomon, but they did not get to the level of civil war. Solomon executed him after the second attempt.

13 posted on 11/14/2012 1:59:49 PM PST by Sherman Logan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: neverdem
An officer starts believing in his Godhood about the time he makes Bird Colonel (O-6). When he gets his first star his Godhood is confirmed. By the fourth star he starts believing that Godhood is beneath him. A combatant theater commander is master of the universe - just ask his staff.

I think the ancient Romans had the best idea. During the triumphant parade through the City a slave stood behind the conquering general and reminded him that “Cesar, this too will pass.”

Unfortunately there is no one in our current defense establishment that is tasked to do that.

14 posted on 11/14/2012 1:59:54 PM PST by Nip (BOHEICA and TANSTAAFL - both seem very appropriate today.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

Or to put it another way, how did a guy who is constantly sold to us as being one of the smartest people on the planet not realize that as CIA Director he was Target #1 for honey pot ops?


15 posted on 11/14/2012 2:00:02 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Paladin2
There's so much more to this stoty, IMO.

I watched a CSPAN talk and she said she chased him ... not in those words ... but that's what she did.

He was set up.

16 posted on 11/14/2012 2:02:50 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

My explanation is that Petraeus was/is a geeky kind of guy, nice, smart, accomplished, but never what we would call, a ladies’ man. It didn’t bother him most of his life. He was busy doing what he did best and that didn’t involve being a ladies’ man.

Then came Afghanistan and Broadwell at the same time. Unhappy, and probably suffering some self doubt for the first time in his long career, Broadwell made him feel younger and attractive and she offered companionship and probably an ear for his doubts and concerns. She probably offered something his wife didn’t a different kind of companionship on a more professional level, feeding his ego and assuaging his doubts. Petraeus probably never intended to hurt his wife. It just happened.


17 posted on 11/14/2012 2:06:02 PM PST by Eva
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

I was thinking more like Delilah, not Bathsheba.


18 posted on 11/14/2012 2:06:16 PM PST by madison10
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PGR88

Well I don’t think she was as good looking at Bathsheba or at least Alice Krige playing Bathsheba in KING DAVID. And David should have overcome that come on.

Some men can say no to the lesser temptations and a few men can still say no to the stronger temptations. But many don’t even try to withstand even the barely tempting temptations.


19 posted on 11/14/2012 2:13:18 PM PST by Monterrosa-24
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: neverdem

Why? Because he wanted to.


20 posted on 11/14/2012 2:14:18 PM PST by Hattie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-98 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson