that you do the right thing when no one is watching, and, boy, i talked to some drill sergeants this afternoon who were saying like how are we supposed to teach young recruits to do the right thing when no one is looking when these guys at the top weren t doing that. it s a real tragedy. yeah, and i think tell me about the culture of the military. i mean, i m watching it from outside, and i m thinking, generals and their wives spend a lot of time together socializing. they have drinks, parties that go on for hours i assume because of the pressure of the military life and the danger of it. they become intimate across marriage lines. not that they re all messing around but the fact that they re all hanging around each other hours after hours. love affairs could start. potentially people could develop fondnesses for each other. i can see it happening in human terms. what is it about generals and generals wives and all this e-mailing? what is this thing about? don t forget is it
terms. what is it about generals and generals wives and all this e-mailing? what is this thing about? don t forget is it unique to the military? don t forget generals are often deployed into a war zone, and their wives are not. the wives are at home. and i think when in the case of general allen, when he s home and his wife gets an invitation from jill kelley saying, hey, we re having this big extravaganza at my mansion, please come, wow, that s terrific. she gets to go buy a new dress, gets to show off with her husband and get some shared glory. there s a very, very strong attraction. i think what you were saying about how the military parties together, you know, in war time not really the case. you know, those guys when they re in afghanistan are pretty much focused on the fight. you ll recall that when paula broadwell went to see general petraeus i m talking about tampa. i m talking tampa where a lot of this happened. well, that s where the trouble begins, you re
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i just got a different reading on that ten minutes ago but maybe you re right. so the lawyers can fight over this, chris. you re right. but the larger point is that the shame that he feels he s brought upon himself and his service trumps any legal niceties, and he i m sure felt that he had to resign because he d really violated the trust that everyone in the military had in him, even though he was retired. don t forget that he was go ahead, chris, i m listening. the other general allen who is now leading our services is a more live question. how does he explain to the president sending 30,000 e-mails to this attractive hostess in tampa. does he have to explain that to the president? sure he has to explain that to the president, but the president has got to be hoping that allen comes out of this cleanly because, you know,
holds this military together is that you do the right thing when no one is watching, and, boy, i talked to some drill sergeants this afternoon who were saying like how are we supposed to teach young recruits to do the right thing when no one is looking when these guys at the top weren t doing that. it s a real tragedy. yeah, and i think tell me about the culture of the military. i mean, i m watching it from outside, and i m thinking, generals and their wives spend a lot of times together socializing. they have drinks, parties that go on for hours i assume because the pressure of the military life and the danger of it. they become intimate across marriage lines. the fact they re all hanging around together hours after hours. love affairs could start. potentially people could develop fondnesses for each other. i can see it happening in human terms. what is it about generals and generals wives and all this e-mailing? what is this thing about? don t forget is it unique to the mil