Juan Cole: Real Petraeus Failure Was Counter-Insurgency in Iraq, Afghanistan
November 12, 2012
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CIA director David Petraeus has resigned following revelations of an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, a married U.S. Army reservist. "This personal issue that cropped up and ruined his career in the end, I think it's very much a minor thing ... compared to his big exploits in Iraq and Afghanistan," says historian Juan Cole, who responds to the surprise departure of the former head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Petraeus retired from 37 years in the military to head the CIA last year. Over the weekend, new revelations suggested Broadwell had sent harassing emails to Jill Kelley, a 37 year-old from Florida and a family friend of Petraeus and his wife, Holly. The FBI launched an inquiry after Kelley said she had received vicious emails from the CIA director's biographer. Its investigation revealed the affair, and led agents to believe Broadwell or someone close to her had sought access to his email. On Sunday, Democracy Now! spoke to Cole about the significance of Petraeus's resignation, and about Malala Yusufzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by a Taliban militant for demanding the right of girls' education. Cole is professor of history at the University of Michigan and his most recent book is "Engaging the Muslim World."
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