Our generals and former generals are having a hard time in the 21st century. In 2010 we had only one incident: McChrystal berating Obama. In August of this year we learned of Ward's spendthrift ways. In October there were tales of Sinclair's sex problems and O'Reilly's "management by blowtorch". Who could miss Petraeus this month?
Now we have General John Allen, our leader in Afghanistan. He, like Petraeus, is accused of "inappropriate communication". It seems as though Allen communicated quite a bit - the FBI has 20,000 to 30,000 documents exchanged between the two - with one Ms Jill Kelley, who, by the way, was the one who complained about Paula Broadwell, Petraeus' 'friend'.
I think one could question the importance of the allegations against Petraeus, McChrystal, Allen and Sinclair. Far more important is how well they have performed their jobs as leaders. I point you to some thoughts on that.
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