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In reply to the discussion: Was Paula Broadwell threatening Patraeus' wife? [View all]aletier_v
(1,773 posts)26. No, I was mostly joking.
I think Patraeus fell victim to hubris.
Well, on second thought... yes, perhaps Patraeus saw himself as a military Einstein,
that's an interesting thought. A beautiful sex successful woman would be validation of that, yes?
or two or three?
I'm wondering how isolated into the ranks he was in the military.
I never heard of him until the Gulf War.
perhaps his foray out of the military, a known environment, was his undoing?
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I don't think he even cared what his wife or anyone else thought, based on what I've read...
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#23
I think he was an opportunist form the beginning. He wooed the daughter of West Point's
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#32
Well, if you mean that others became jealous of both her and him, yes, I can see that.
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#39
Oh, I dunno. It's a pretty glamorous situation, better than the wife's surely.
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#43
My initial thought, too. She prolly thought the other woman was "encroaching" on what she
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#20
I may be wrong, but this would not be "impeachable" or whatever in Europe, right?
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#17
Face it. The US is still stuck in the Victorian Age. Affairs=sex=bribable offense. Europe,
libdem4life
Nov 2012
#49