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In reply to the discussion: More trouble for Petraeus, it looks like....Petraeus staff investigated over Broadwell access [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)40. Where and how
You give the impression you favor the general. Just look at the word count. You speak way more of her. And your vehemence is aimed at her more so than the general.
Anyway, she has done the country a great favor. She deserves to be treated kindly.
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MADem
Nov 2012
OP
Irony has long since been dead, cremated and its ashes placed in a subduction zone
Fumesucker
Nov 2012
#3
If Margaretha Geertruida Zelle had been alive and wanted to be a Petraeus' biographer,
AnotherMcIntosh
Nov 2012
#9
Of that, I don't think there's any doubt! Petraeus has always been VERY overrated, IMO. nt
MADem
Nov 2012
#33
Xtian nutz in US Armed Forces is one of the most dangerous things on the planet.............
kooljerk666
Nov 2012
#13
He didn't give anything to Wikileaks. He just gave it to his girlfriend, who had a clearance.
MADem
Nov 2012
#21
I read that he directed his subordinates to give her access--that, IMO, is the same
MADem
Nov 2012
#27
That could be. Then again, his attitude (the General's, that is) could have contributed to
MADem
Nov 2012
#35
How asinine--so if I write "a high word count" about Jack the Ripper, I'm "favoring" him?
MADem
Nov 2012
#41
You don't "know my words" though, unless you've read every post I have ever written about this guy.
MADem
Nov 2012
#45
No, that is NOT what clearance means. Just because you are cleared to "TS"--which she was--does not
MADem
Nov 2012
#38
No, you are still not understanding. You continue to confuse clearance and access.
MADem
Nov 2012
#51
And if they find some, shouldn't he be treated the same as Bradley Manning? n/t
RoccoR5955
Nov 2012
#26