It´s hard for me to believe his wife didn´t know about it most of the time.She had a nice Obama patronage job,so why rock the boat. This wouldn´t have come out at all if not for the hearings.People inside the beltway have affairs all the time,it´s part of the culture no matter how well intentioned the participants are.

Did Huma divorce Weiner? No in fact they just got a very expensive condo in NY,I believe.Has anybody seen the divorce filings by Hillary Clinton?

Of course his wife wants to save face now that it´s out but I seriously doubt the affair is even over.

I hope the General stays "healthy" long enough to write a book. Hope he has a body guard.

I hope he will now tell the truth and nothing but the truth about the whole rotten business in Libya...

I admire Holly tremendously. I, too, was an Army wife and moved 23 times over our time in. During two long years in Vietnam, I was the sole parent for our three kids. It was extremely hard. I support Holly in whatever she chooses to do, because she has been a great advocate for military families. It is not a "cushy Obama job", but a much needed one. On the other hand, I know the general is being tarred and feathered for his "human moment". The other woman, from all accounts, pursued him until she got what she wanted. Then she dropped him. I still admire what the general did, but feel sadness for him. Will the weak moment erase all the good he did? No, not in my book.

This is truly a timeless tale. A Greek tragedy worthy of Euripides or Sophocles, or at least the Homeric myths. The faithful Penelope patiently waiting for Odysseus to return from the Trojan wars, while he succumbs to the lure of Circe.

On a more contemporary note, it´s not at all unusual for successful, driven men to marry mother surrogates, care for them deeply, yet succumb to the intoxicating siren song of the young, attractive pursuer, who herself succumbs to the aphrodisiac of closeness to power. Washington, Manhattan, Hollywood are full of such liaisons. And always will be.

Just because she appears "older" looking now, after raising her family pretty much alone, does not make her look like a "surrogate mother figure."
She was quite thin and better looking than him in their wedding photo.
If anything, he´s the dog.

First, let me say I am on Holly´s side, I think she is in the moral right, and no, I don´t think she HAS to do what I advise.

But would it be that much trouble for a woman of her stature to get a bottle of hair dye and do a diet? Here she´s married to this fitness nut - can´t she ask him to go jogging a bit with her too? And I have no doubt HE knows where to go get a bottle of hair dye. I am baffled as to why she let herself go when she´s in the wealthy, high-stature position she is in now and can easily fix her frumpy look. It just seems like a natural female thing to do, so I am wondering why she doesn´t.

Her husband remains a rat and obviously, she should not have to compete with young vixens when she has been a good and faithful wife all these years. She should do with that rat what she thinks best now.

I feel sorry for Holly on this. The glare is on her too. She will be compared and contrasted with that Broadwell woman. Observers - including other women - always compare women´s appearances. It´s a sad fact of life that women are always remarked upon whereas the men can be ugly as a Dachsund and not get the acid glare.

I have been in Holly´s shoes. Colonels and Generals are targets for every horny woman wandering around the military posts and bases...especially those posts where wives are not allowed. David Petraeus was a weak and stupid man; Broadwell wasn´t his first girlfriend. You can bet on that.

Just a word to the ignoramus, Nina Strochlic, who wrote the article. David Petraeus NEVER enlisted...he was commissioned. There is a difference.

If we are going to base a relationship and commitment on looks, then she should never have married him in the first place because in their younger picture she is quite cute and he is ugly.

Broadwell was an aggressor.

The wizened and creepy henry kissinger said that ´power is the ultimate aphrodesiac.´ He was correct.
But people in positions of power are supposed to resist the temptations, and keep a lock on reality. As a professor/dean, I had many many opportunities to take advantage of my position. And it became amusing, at times, to see the lengths to which young women would come at me, and my colleagues.
Petraeus is no saint. I doubt this was a one time situation. There are probably lots of women who he practiced coitus with.
And whether or not his wife had grey hair had nothing to do with it.

He was always nothing more than an opportunista with a zipper problem.

IOW, bubba in a uniform.

Princeton Petraeus, head of the CIA, not a James Bond kind of guy...but here we are with a "sex" scandal with the top spy! Who woulda thunk it?

As to that "frumpy" wife...kinda reminds me of John Edwards late wifey. Too bad.

As to Jon Stewart, resident "court jestor" for all to see (while he lines his pockets with gold at other´s expense!), gets the "head huntress" out into the public for an examination. Yea, she was "hot to trot" for numerous reasons.

I next want to see the television interview by Jon Stewart with the bimbo´s husband.

Then again, will Princeton Petraeus give the truth about Bengazi and Obama, or will he remind himself of the tapes and pictures that others may have of his little ding dong?

I am very sorry for Holly! As for Petraeus it sounds like he married for the clout her father could provide. Great start! Courtney Massengale?

I would like to know more about this "threatening" email that was sent to another woman and how the disgraced General´s name got on it. I don´t believe for a second this was the beginning of it all... and if so..what was the threat? I am glad he stepped now...now I hope he does the right thing and testifies about who gave the order to let 4 Americans get butchered and sodomized by the Muslim animals..until he does that..he is nothing more than treasonous cowardly trash..just like the whore he was messing with..
To all the posters who claim the wife should have done more for her looks... like the whore? A military wife has way more going for herself than what she looks like...The wife has just as much to do with her husband´s success as he does... I have watched my daughter do her duty as a military wife and she grew to be a strong self reliant woman.. NEVER relegate the wife to nothing more than looks or gray hair. I can guarantee you...she earned everyone of them...
And now General, your wife will probably stand by you. I suggest you do the same for this country that has honored and helped you. Tell the damn truth..

Really, folks? This is from the DBeast. And I was, that is was, wondering why sanity lost the election. I wonder no more.

It is interesting to me that somewhere above me is the remark that Holly should get a bottle of hair dye and change her frumpy look. Really? When a man in his position, spends most of his days overseas fighting wars...she is left to raise her family, tend to the business of the home and maintain a calm that he will return home unharmed. Somehow, this hair dye person has tried to turn the fault on Holly because of her looks! Really? She is not a Hollywood has been. She is a wife, and mother and a woman not beneath going out of her home to work. Something that is unusual among the elite in this society. It is what it is. A woman set her sights and a man fell for the adoration of a younger woman. It happens everyday, everywhere. It is called weakness, temptation and has nothing what so over to do with hair dye and body weight.

Interesting thread. People reveal a lot about themselves through their reactions to a story like this.

It would be fascinating to read a psychological profile of this Broadwell babe. Considering her enormous drive for accomplishment and ruthless competitiveness, I´d say there´s some fruitcake up there behind her eyebrows. What serious female biographer would show up for an interview on a national television program dressed as provocatively as she did? Trying to please/impress/replace an emotionally absent Daddy? Was Daddy a military man?

Her husband is a radiologist who has subordinated himself and his needs considerably to her career drives. He´s either an extremely loving man or is frankly overwhelmed by her. It would be easy for a woman with a penchant for all things military to see Petraeus as a father figure. Maybe it´s borderline personality disorder. She blinded herself to her precarious position and assumed enormous risks.