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When ego and arrogance cloud good judgement

Maureen Dowd

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 | 2 a.m.

As Lyndon Johnson said, the two things that make leaders stupid are envy and sex. Macbeth kills a king out of envy. Egged on by an envious Iago, Othello smothers his wife out of a crazed fear of her having sex with his lieutenant. Now another charismatic general has shattered his life and career over sex. When you’ve got a name like a Greek hero, and a nickname like a luscious fruit, isn’t hubris ripe to follow? It’s been a steep fall for Peaches Petraeus, once the darling of Congress and journalists, Republicans and Democrats, Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley. ...

Maureen Dowd is a columnist for The New York Times.

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By CarmineD (Carmine DiFazio)

Nov. 15, 2012

4:49 a.m.

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Columnist misses the point. Petraeus and other military have no respect for Obama as Commander-in-Chief. Hence, they behave like the president's minnows not leaders.

CarmineD