{"id":16456,"date":"2012-11-21T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16456"},"modified":"2012-11-21T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:50:00","slug":"i-dont-know-why-this-makes-me-crazy-but-it-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16456","title":{"rendered":"I Don’t Know Why This Makes Me Crazy, But It Does"},"content":{"rendered":"

Military.com<\/a> reported last Thursday that Defense Secretary<\/a> Leon Panetta<\/a> has asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/a> to review ethics training and to brainstorm on ways to steer officers away from trouble. This is the same Leon Panetta that was President Bill Clinton<\/a>‘s White House Chief of Staff<\/a> from 1994 to 1997. One wonders if he every made a similar recommendation for ethics training for Presidents.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Panetta told Dempsey to work with the chiefs of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps<\/a> to review ethics training for officers to determine whether they are adequate, and to provide views on “how to better foster a culture of value-based decision-making and stewardship” among senior officers and their staffs. That is another way of saying Panetta wants a game plan for ending the string of bad behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said the initial results of the chiefs’ review, along with their recommendations, should be ready in time for Panetta to report to President Barack Obama<\/a> by Dec. 1. The text of the Panetta memo, which he signed on Wednesday, was provided Thursday to reporters traveling with the Pentagon<\/a> chief, who was in Bangkok for talks with senior Thai government<\/a> officials in advance of Obama’s visit here this weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I probably need to apologize for my cynicism, but how come the Defense Secretary, the State Department, and the CIA can’t get a report on Benghazi on the President’s desk by December 1? It would seem to me that Benghazi would have a higher priority?<\/p>\n

The article further points out:<\/p>\n

Panetta also told reporters he could not rule out the possibility that the Taliban in Afghanistan would try to use Petraeus’ admission of an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, for propaganda purposes. Petraeus, who resigned Friday from his post as CIA director, was Allen’s predecessor as top commander in Afghanistan, leaving in summer 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am sorry that General Petraeus and General Allen did not behave appropriately while they were in Afghanistan. However, I need someone to explain to me why the head of the CIA had to resign over an extra-marital affair and the President of America (Bill Clinton) remained in office after an extra-marital affair. I am more than a little confused.<\/p>\n

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