If the media had had the guts to focus on the FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, he would have been forced to resign. He was a prime example of someone in the public trust who abused his power for political gain and personal amusement. What a nut case!

Petraeus is a sadder case. I continue to think of him as the good and capable soldier whose human frailties would have ended up the subject of a court martial if he had still been in the armed services but because he was a civilian in charge of the CIA could not be tolerated by his Commander in Chief (alert: run-on sentence!).

Olddude-

So what do you think the Commander in Chief should have done with the offer of resignation, knowing what he knew at the time, or knowing what you know now?

Charley Noble