General David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell. (REUTERS)Among the questions surrounding the Petraeus scandal, like “How did he think he’d get away with it?” and “Shouldn’t someone have told the president sooner?” a number of people seem puzzled by “When a man climbs macho mountain why shouldn’t he find another man’s wife naked at the top… especially if she’s hot?”
David Petraeus, to be sure, is not among them. As his resignation letter said, “Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours.” But the ponderously libertine Globe and Mail has devoted not one but two editorials to the idea that it’s silly to care if a brilliant married general grabs a likely wench on the side.
As for security issues like blackmail, they sniffed, “Couldn’t the national security director who reportedly told him to resign have said instead: Tell your wife, and then you’re no longer blackmailable?” Great. Just tell Old Dutch from now on it’s open marriage or divorce and it’s party time!
http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/11/17/petraeus-knows-better
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