Procrustes Stretched
"intuition and imagination and intelligence"
Right Wing Politics & National Security: Exhibit A: General Petraeus
Fox News strategic analyst Lt. Col. Ralph Peters weighs in again as he so often does with a view of what happens or could have happened according to a wingnut view of reality
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters On Petraeus: "Timing Is Just Too Perfect" | RealClearPolitics
(Ralph Peters (born 1952) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and author. As a novelist he has sometimes written under the pen name Owen Parry. He never served actual combat duty...but he was an expert on Soviet Union ala Condi Rice Oddball Dude and Crusader Frank?),
contrast the Lt. Col. FOX News Mouthpiece with Jack Howard Jacobs (born August 2, 1945) is a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam War.
Some analysts said Petraeus's exit was the only way to prevent a lengthy, distracting scandal as embarrassing emails and other details of the affair emerged.
"Bad news doesn't get any better with age. I'm surprised it took the president 24 hours to accept the resignation. Dragged out it would be much, much worse. It's the best thing for the country," retired Army Col. Jack Jacobs said on NBC.
No Pass For Patraeus
We have examples right here @ USMB, people like Charles who claim to be fair and balanced (I'm sure in their own warped minds they are as ignorance is bliss)...
and we know how right wingers love to attack
The right wing would sacrifice the economy, and national security if it meant beating on other Americans they view as enemies. They have no political opponents, they only have enemies. They have a mental illness.
If there were right wingers among the men in Philadelphia, we would never have gained Independence or have ratified the US Constitution.
Right wingers are a 'faction' of the kind Madison and others feared more than anything. Factionalists threaten cohesion and compromise, the very things needed for a republic to thrive and survive.
The right wing faction has taken over the GOP. It's time others outside the GOP helped fellow citizens within the GOP battle the enemy within -- the right wingers
Fox News strategic analyst Lt. Col. Ralph Peters weighs in again as he so often does with a view of what happens or could have happened according to a wingnut view of reality
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters On Petraeus: "Timing Is Just Too Perfect" | RealClearPolitics
(Ralph Peters (born 1952) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and author. As a novelist he has sometimes written under the pen name Owen Parry. He never served actual combat duty...but he was an expert on Soviet Union ala Condi Rice Oddball Dude and Crusader Frank?),
contrast the Lt. Col. FOX News Mouthpiece with Jack Howard Jacobs (born August 2, 1945) is a retired colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions during the Vietnam War.
Some analysts said Petraeus's exit was the only way to prevent a lengthy, distracting scandal as embarrassing emails and other details of the affair emerged.
"Bad news doesn't get any better with age. I'm surprised it took the president 24 hours to accept the resignation. Dragged out it would be much, much worse. It's the best thing for the country," retired Army Col. Jack Jacobs said on NBC.
No Pass For Patraeus
We have examples right here @ USMB, people like Charles who claim to be fair and balanced (I'm sure in their own warped minds they are as ignorance is bliss)...
What I don't get is why him Stepping down, means he can't testify. He was the Director at the time the questions will be about, he is a central player in the Investigation. The fact they felt the need to announce he wont be testifying at the same time he steps down, just makes them look even more like they are hiding stuff.
Both Congressional and Senate investigational committees have the power to subpoena someone to testify before them. Petraeus would be obligated under the law to appear and testify. That's a fact Jack.
His apparent involvement with a writer may have complicated the situation for Petraeus.
Congress has been irate in recent months over national security-related leaks. In July, the Senate Intelligence Committee proposed legislation requiring intelligence officials to report all contacts with the media. Discussion of such issues would have been exceedingly awkward if the CIA director had an intimate relationship with a writer that became public, even if she wasn't a traditional journalist\
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Earlier this year, Obama's pick for U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Brett McGurk, withdrew after racy emails were leaked online indicating he'd had an affair with Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon while both were stationed in Iraq in 2008. They were married to other people at the time, but later McGurk and Chon married.
... http://www.nj.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2012/11/no_pass_for_petraeus.html
and we know how right wingers love to attack
Earlier this year, Obama's pick for U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Brett McGurk, withdrew after racy emails were leaked online indicating he'd had an affair with Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon while both were stationed in Iraq in 2008. They were married to other people at the time, but later McGurk and Chon married.
The right wing would sacrifice the economy, and national security if it meant beating on other Americans they view as enemies. They have no political opponents, they only have enemies. They have a mental illness.
If there were right wingers among the men in Philadelphia, we would never have gained Independence or have ratified the US Constitution.
Right wingers are a 'faction' of the kind Madison and others feared more than anything. Factionalists threaten cohesion and compromise, the very things needed for a republic to thrive and survive.
The right wing faction has taken over the GOP. It's time others outside the GOP helped fellow citizens within the GOP battle the enemy within -- the right wingers
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