Former CIA Director David Petraeus resigned this week for what he called personal reasons after revelations that he was having an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Before his resignation, he had been a highly regarded public official, serving in the military for 37 years and taking on the roles of Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and NATO International Security Assistance Force.

Now here comes the question

Should one lose a job over infidelity?

Wifes how would you feel if your husband lose his job over infidelity?

Husbands how would you feel if your wife lose her job over infidelity?

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did general petraeus lost his job or resigned?
change the topic to 'Resignation of appointmment based on an act of infideliity,is it right/wrong'? @Op

In his own case yes! American policy has it on record that decision makers in the Military's top brass must not engage in extra marital affairs due to the implication it has on national security. So yes he acted inappropriately because he holds much of the country's secrets and a slip from him could be disastrous!

Exactly! No further response required!

chaircover: It depends.

if you are in a position of trust and in a sensitive position then YES!

In this particular case, this man is in a very sensitive position. The CIA is a very powerful organization with a lot of enemies. The man in charge should be a man of integrity and his yes be yes. He should not the type who you will find taking unavoidable risk and making silly decisions. for all we know the woman he had an affair with may have been a spy or a plant therefore putting the whole country at risk

When you start venturing out of your home into the wide world of dating, infidelity and so on, you are at risk of being blackmailed yourself and you will do anything to hide the affiar . . .again putting the country at risk.

For him to sustain that affair & keep it hidden, he would have had to lie over and over again. It is not a good name for America for the head of the CIA to be a lair and a schemer.

he did the right thing by resigning. If he had issues with his wife, then he should have done the noble thing and that was to divorce her.

In my own opinion -NO...His Personal life and his professional life are two different things...As long as the affair did not affect the rate at which he discharged his duties then he should not resign...

chaircover: It depends.

if you are in a position of trust and in a sensitive position then YES!

In this particular case, this man is in a very sensitive position. The CIA is a very powerful organization with a lot of enemies. The man in charge should be a man of integrity and his yes be yes. He should not the type who you will find taking unavoidable risk and making silly decisions. for all we know the woman he had an affair with may have been a spy or a plant therefore putting the whole country at risk

When you start venturing out of your home into the wide world of dating, infidelity and so on, you are at risk of being blackmailed yourself and you will do anything to hide the affiar . . .again putting the country at risk.

For him to sustain that affair & keep it hidden, he would have had to lie over and over again. It is not a good name for America for the head of the CIA to be a lair and a schemer.

he did the right thing by resigning. If he had issues with his wife, then he should have done the noble thing and that was to divorce her.

End of story! Gbam!

It is an American and other developed countries culture. OBJ impregnated many girls as president and GEJ has been shining several illegal kongo without have to resign.

yes of course.....an infidel is nt trustworthy

chaircover: It depends.

if you are in a position of trust and in a sensitive position then YES!

In this particular case, this man is in a very sensitive position. The CIA is a very powerful organization with a lot of enemies. The man in charge should be a man of integrity and his yes be yes. He should not be the type who you will find taking avoidable risk and making silly decisions. for all we know the woman he had an affair with may have been a spy or a plant therefore putting the whole country at risk

When you start venturing out of your home into the wide world of dating, infidelity and so on, you are at risk of being blackmailed yourself and you will do anything to hide the affiar . . .again putting the country at risk.

For him to sustain that affair & keep it hidden, he would have had to lie over and over again. It is not portraying a good name for America if the head of the CIA is seen to be a lair and a schemer.

he did the right thing by resigning. If he had issues with his wife, then he should have done the noble thing and that was to divorce her.

WRONG.

He resigned because he was to testify against Obama in 5 days concerning grey areas in the death of the US ambassador to Libya. Word has it that the death was a kidnapping attempt gone wrong (masterminded by the US of course!).

Do you think a bad motherfucka, like the HEAD of The CIA, as in THE C-I-A, will suddenly develop a conscience after sleeping with some chic? Even Clinton, who had a higher office TOTALLY denied his when exposed. "I did not have any sexual relations with that woman!"

Funnily, he even 'reported' himself . It's like going to report yourself to the police after robbing a bank . Go figure. The head of the marrafakin C-I-A!

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chaircover: It depends.

For him to sustain that affair & keep it hidden, he would have had to lie over and over again. It is not portraying a good name for America if the head of the CIA is seen to be a lair and a schemer.

Lol, these are like the fundamental requirements for a career as an intelligence man. That's EXACTLY what his job description is. Lying and scheming .

"...the truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." ---- Winston Churchill

@op, one shouldn't ordinarily lose one's job over infidelity but if one's job is in the sphere of intelligence /spying / state security, where pillow-talk and agent provocateurs can lead to the death of many, then one really ought to know better.

Integrity is a very powerful phenomenon,every society in which their leader is accountable to them demands integrity . You hear headlines like 'fall from grace' and you wonder if the accused killed someone. Yes, maintain your integrity and values and remain our leader or lose it and fall from grace so says a society with integrity.As wonderful as Bill Clinton was,he fell from grace. Corruption of any kind is enough to get you the boot but of course, it is not applicable in Nigeria.

That guy is Americas no 1 spy, and he was in charge of the no 1 intelligence agency in the world. However I still believe that the real truth behind his resignation will never be 4 public consumption as such info is always classified and they are using the infidelity as a smoke screen. C'mon this is a decorated soldier and a four star general for that matter. He should have known better.

If a person infringes a Code of Conduct where he/she swore to maintain high moral and ethical standards...includes what he/she does during working hours and after working hours. If a person acts otherwise it deems fit for such a person do be dismissed, especially for infidelity... If he/she cannot be loyal to spouse, chances are he or she wld not display impeccable honesty in his/her official capacity

In the US public officers manning sensitive positions as barred from having affairs and it is simply because they can become victims of blackmail.

Richfella:

WRONG.

He resigned because he was to testify against Obama in 5 days concerning grey areas in the death of the US ambassador to Libya. Word has it that the death was a kidnapping attempt gone wrong (masterminded by the US of course!).

Do you think a bad motherfucka, like the HEAD of The CIA, as in THE C-I-A, will suddenly develop a conscience after sleeping with some chic? Even Clinton, who had a higher office TOTALLY denied his when exposed. "I did not have any sexual relations with that woman!"

Funnily, he even 'reported' himself . It's like going to report yourself to the police after robbing a bank . Go figure. The head of the marrafakin C-I-A!

You are wrong

Petraeus was having an affair with his biographer aula Broadwell.

The Biographer Paula broadwell at the same time was also being friendly with another top General john Allen.

John Allen was being friendly with Jill Kelley

Paula Broadwell now became jealous and started sending threatening emails to Jill Kelley to "Leave her general alone" Jill kelley contacted the FBI who now dug deep enough and found that not only was John Allen involved but top dog Petraeus was as well

I feel sorry for these military guys. Some have been in Afghanistan for several years and cant even see any woman nor their wife. That means no sex for years.

So when Broadwell came for the interviews it was a case of welcome relief

when you can't zip it, you can't. Don't use being away from home as an excuse. Good raddiance to bad rubbish.

one reason why i'd prefer a guy in the military , you mess up, you are a goner together with that hot career of yours
his wifey was home holding the home front, taking care of the family and pursuing a career while waiting for hubby to come home. Lots of sleepless night thinking of him, taking night calls, moving countless time. While oga Petra was cozing and sizzling with the big br.easted one. I hope she gave him hot and star studded slap like Hillary did to Clinton.

OP,
Huge Yes.

Well all the comments here are based on the Petreaus

I only used Petreaus as an example.

The question is How would you feel if your husband/Wife had to resign his favourite job due to the infidelity?

I expect personal view to this question and not argument about Petreaus.

thanks

armyofone: when you can't zip it, you can't. Don't use being away from home as an excuse. Good raddiance to bad rubbish.

one reason why i'd prefer a guy in the military , you mess up, you are a goner together with that hot career of yours
his wifey was home holding the home front, taking care of the family and pursuing a career while waiting for hubby to come home. Lots of sleepless night thinking of him, taking night calls, moving countless time. While oga Petra was cozing and sizzling with the big br.easted one. I hope she gave him hot and star studded slap like Hillary did to Clinton.

OP,
Huge Yes.

How do you expect a human to cope without a woman for over a year

dayokanu:

How do you expect a human to cope without a woman for over a year

Zip Up

For as long as possible.........

I can see you think with your
zip up and don't think of it.

dayokanu:

How do you expect a human to cope without a woman for over a year

OYINBOGOJU:

Zip Up

For as long as possible.........

Right!

armyofone: I can see you think with your
zip up and don't think of it.



Right!

Cute

dayokanu:


How do you expect a human to cope without a woman for over a year

How do pius Catholic Priests cope? How do Prisoners cope?