Petraeus's Affair Reportedly With His Biographer, Paula Broadwell
The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus has brought a sudden and unexpected end to the public career of a four-star general who led U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and was thought to be a potential candidate for president.
Petraeus admitted to an extramarital affair in tendering his resignation, which President Barack Obama accepted Friday.
Petraeus carried on the affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell, a reserve Army officer, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. They spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss publicly the investigation that led to the resignation.
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I guess it really was "All In"
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Oh, "That WOMAN!"
A scandal OOOZING smarm and sleaze. The stereotypical Amerikan General. How we love our War State! Can we fall on our swords for the Emperor?
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Bull. Fucking. Shit. And the author of the extrajudicial Kill List will get away with it too because his legion of apparatchiks have his back.
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I guess the biographer will wrap up the ending of his biography with "And then Gen. Patraeus had a sexual affair with his biography and destroyed his career. The end." ;-)