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In reply to the discussion: Was Paula Broadwell threatening Patraeus' wife? [View all]malaise
(268,997 posts)27. Well there is no impeachment in Europe but I'm sure affairs are not tolerated
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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
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