{"id":4834,"date":"2012-11-14T06:45:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T11:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=4834"},"modified":"2012-11-13T17:34:51","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T22:34:51","slug":"another-big-man-has-fallen-because-of-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/another-big-man-has-fallen-because-of-a-woman.html","title":{"rendered":"Another Big Man Has Fallen Because Of A Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s fair to say that from the time of Adam and Eve, men have fallen because of women, but I will say it anyway. Granted, men &#8211; Adam included &#8211; should know better. By now, I&#8217;m sure you have all heard about the &#8220;disgraced General&#8221; who cheated on his wife of 38 years with a woman who is married with two kids. Yes, General David Petraeus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4835\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ppetraeus-and-Broadwell-on-Jet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4835\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4835 \" title=\"Petraeus and Broadwell on Jet\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ppetraeus-and-Broadwell-on-Jet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ppetraeus-and-Broadwell-on-Jet.jpg 635w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ppetraeus-and-Broadwell-on-Jet-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They traveled extensively while she was writing his biography. Setting P!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What is it that will compel a man of such power, such achievement, such caliber, and such responsibility to do that which he knew before doing would be his downfall, if ever found out? And he&#8217;s neither the first nor the last. General David Petraeus was the Director of CIA. Freaking director &#8230; of the \u00a0CI freaking A!! And he cheated with his biographer, 40 year old Paula Broadwell. It all &#8220;came out&#8221; when Paula sent a threatening e-mail message to Jill Kelley, demanding her to back off of her guy (Gen. Petraeus). Oh, ye mistress of little brains. You should have known better.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC News, Broadwell met Petraeus in 2006; in 2010, Petraeus became top commander in Afghanistan. In August 2011, Petraeus retired from U.S. Army and departed Afghanistan, and in September 2011, he became director of CIA. And on November 8th 2012, Obama regretfully accepted his resignation. The affair is said to have started in November 2011 (after his job as top commander in Afghanistan) and ended in July 2012.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4836\" style=\"width: 645px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Jill-Kelley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4836\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4836 \" title=\"Jill Kelley\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Jill-Kelley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Jill-Kelley.jpg 635w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Jill-Kelley-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jill Kelley, the woman that received the threatening messages from Paula Broadwell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jill (pictured above) says that her relationship with the General is strictly platonic. I tend to believe her, not that the FBI or CIA would give a flying saucer what I think. \u00a0And the plot thickens! US General, John Allen who succeeded Petraeus as the\u00a0military\u00a0commander in Afghanistan is also said to be under investigation for exchanging &#8220;<em>inappropriate&#8221; \u00a0<\/em>emails with Jill Kelley. Hiiiiiaaaaannnn! I don&#8217;t know yet the nature of these inappropriate messages, but I hope for the sake of everyone that it isn&#8217;t another case of infidelity.<\/p>\n<p>I like this Petraeus man &#8211; again, I am aware that my likeness is of no consequence &#8211; and I wish he did not have to resign his job, but being the director of such a distinguished and sensitive department comes with certain expectations, like integrity. And what kind of integrity do you expect from a man who cannot be faithful to his other half of 38 years? \u00a0And what do I \u00a0say of 40 year old Paula Broadwell who is also married with two children? My dad says that a fool at 40 is a fool forever.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4839\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Petraeus-and-wife-Holly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4839\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4839\" title=\"Petraeus and wife, Holly\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Petraeus-and-wife-Holly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Petraeus-and-wife-Holly.jpg 620w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Petraeus-and-wife-Holly-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petraeus and his wife of 38 years, Holly Petraeus<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Paula-Broadwell-and-husband.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4840 aligncenter\" title=\"Paula Broadwell and husband\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Paula-Broadwell-and-husband.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Paula-Broadwell-and-husband.jpg 503w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Paula-Broadwell-and-husband-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_4840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 513px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Paula Broadwell and her doctor (radiologist) husband, Scott Broadwell<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\u00a0So what are the spouses of these two adulterers\u00a0supposed\u00a0to do? Two grown and married adults who have everything to lose decided to risk it all anyway and engage in an affair that they knew from the beginning could be the end of them, and none of them cared enough about how this would impact their spouse, their supposed better half? What was this all for? Sex? Power? Conquest? What???<\/p>\n<div><strong>P.S.<\/strong> On a lighter side, I can&#8217;t wait to see Newroom&#8217;s reenactment and coverage of this.<\/div>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/petraeus-wife-holly-furious-affair-article-1.1200586\" target=\"_blank\">NY Daily News<\/a>\u00a0 |||\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/openchannel.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/11\/13\/15119278-infidelity-intrigue-and-politics-a-timeline-of-the-david-petraeus-case?lite\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News<\/a>\u00a0|||\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/11\/12\/scott-broadwell-adventure-junkie-husband-of-alleged-petraeus-mistress.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Daily Beast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s fair to say that from the time of Adam and Eve, men have fallen because of women, but I will say it anyway. Granted, men &#8211; Adam included &#8211; should know better. 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