Ann, Patreaus may not be pristine in this. He has served our nation well though, and I’ll be darned if I’m going to attack him rather than the president.
What has Obama done for this nation?
Okay, dislike Patreaus for not blowing Obama’s cover on the video. It’s my take that the director of the CIA needs to maintain the perception that our clandestine agencies stand behind the president. It’s a national security necessity.
Once that connection is broken, as when the CIA is being blamed for things, it needs to keep continuity of our intel services. Then it merely explains who made the final decision here.
I really don’t get why you seem to be furious with Patreaus. I wouldn’t waste my breath on that guy.
We’ve got a president that needs to be impeached. Why divert attention.
Pateaus COULD have stepped down.....NOT come out and blame a VIDEO like he did!! he is GUTLESS and has lost his soul if he had it. Working for Obama was a HUGE REDLIGHT!!
I have to agree with aa because Petraeus was once an honorable man and he has totally tarnished his reputation. We’ve always known that Obama is a liar and expected this from him, not a so called Patriot.
“director of the CIA needs to maintain the perception that our clandestine agencies stand behind the president.”
He swears an oath to us, not to the Fuhrer. If he lied to help advance Obamas cover story, he is 100% as guilty. That whole DC circus and half our generals needs a deep order rooting out.
Petraeus needs to keep faith with the US constitution and the American people. He is a liar and is covering up the worst imaginable crime. Thats the crime of leaving Grunts behind a machine gun, low on ammo, screaming for available fire support, and deliberately abandoning them for political reasons.
And he did the same thing to our men in Afghanistan.
Thats what a PhD in international relations gets you for a “general”.
It isn’t too much to suggest that we at least listen to the General’s testimony of his role in all this. Is it?
“...I really don’t get why you seem to be furious with Patreaus. I wouldn’t waste my breath on that guy.
We’ve got a president that needs to be impeached. Why divert attention.”
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Hear Hear. Well said. Focus is needed here, and the group to be focused on is State&Defense headed by the CinC.
Frankly, I am as certain as can be without being in the room that CinC made this call after Jarrett advised.