Buried in a flattering Washington Post article is a single extremely troubling quote that turns another otherwise tawdry affair into something much darker.
A military officer who is a former member of Petraeus’s staff said Kelley was a “self-appointed” go-between for Central Command officers with Lebanese and other Middle Eastern officials.
And from the Wall Street Journal
Middle Eastern diplomats in Washington also knew Ms. Kelley, who came from a Lebanese immigrant family and who helped arrange social activities when dignitaries from the region visited Tampa
An inappropriate relationship with top ranking military officers is one thing. An inappropriate relationship between a woman with ties to foreign governments, some of whom are in league with enemies of the United States, and top military officers operating in a theater against terrorists with ties to some of those same countries is wildly problematic.
We are talking Cold War era stuff here.
The question is which of Lebanon’s many political factions did the Khawam family have ties to. They are Maronite Christians, but there are multiple Christian factions, some aligned with the Shiite axis of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. Iran is operating in Afghanistan and an inappropriate relationship involving the US commander in Afghanistan and the director of the CIA is just spy novel stuff.
As more details come out, we’ll no doubt find out, eventually, which Middle Eastern countries the Khawam sisters were linked to. And whether these links were with the Sunni terrorist axis of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the rest of the gang, or Iran and Syria.
Either way it would appear that central command officers used extremely bad judgement in using a woman who may have been a foreign agent as a go-between and getting personally involved with her.
getting personally involved with her… enough so as to write glowing letters of recommendation for her twin sister in a custody dispute.
Reality is usually many times stranger than fiction; especially in Barry Zero's America; while bad judgment has become so common as to be passe.
She is of Lebanese descent! Thought something more sinister was involved!
Hezbollah is also a member of the Lebanese government.
If they have anything on this woman in writing she should face a military tribunal trial as an enemy combatant under the Patriot Act. We have four dead Americans and a President who is ducking telling us the truth. Watergate was a burglary. This was leaving four men to die in Libya when we could have sent assets to try to spare them.
Fully agreed!
When I learned that her maiden name was Arab, I thought for sure that's a Mata Hari -type socialite. Then when I learned she is Christian, I thought – no, she can't be a jihadist. But now, with the information provided by this article, I am again very suspicious. The Petraeus-Allen scandal may well turn out to be an infiltration of foreign spies at the highest level of the U.S. military. Shocking PC blindness by gov't and media. Welcome to AMERABIA – if americans do not react appropriately very soon.
Wake up the sleepls and sheepls…
We have Huma Wiener the daughter and complicit architect of the founders of the Muslim Brotherhood as an aide to our Secretary of State .We have David Axelrod and Valery Jarrett who have serious Communist ties and Chicago Crime ties in the White House We have a President who pays millions to hide his personal birth,school,info and operates with illegally obtained SS #'s.And of course is strongly pro-Muslim.We have Communist tainted and mafia aligned labor unions all but rooming at the WH.And as a well rounded script should have there is John Boehner who might as well wear a lampshade on his head with white flags in both hands as our Conservative opposition to the evil left.And we are acting surprised that women Matta -Hari's are running lose in our military ?I submit to you that if you ever needed motivation to join and support your local Tea parties ,if your a business and are not throwing wads of cash at your Tea Parties ,If your a church and are not actively backing and promoting the Tea Party and helping them in every way humanly possible.Then you must want to learn and practice a new more structured way of life ,one where people who you have no control or input into tell you what you can and cannot do for the rest of your life.Wake the heck up!!!
You have a way with words, Brother. Thank you!
So what Hillary Clinton's aid Huma Abedin has ties to Muslim foreign governments, Oh wait Huma Abedin is a Muslim. Let us not forget that Islam has declared America it's enemy and yet we continue to allow them access to sensitive government positions.
Yeah, how stupid is THAT?
Oh ya and not only do we "allow them access to sensitive government positions. WE GIVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ISLAMIC COUNTRIES THAT HATE US, AND AND CALL THE UNITED STATES THERE ENEMY!
STOP PAYING THEM AND LET THEM HATE US FOR FREE!
Tell all Congressmen: STOP USING OUR $ TO SUPPORT THEIR HATRED AND MURDER OF US AND OUR FRIEND ISRAEL. NOW. Go to FreedomWorks, find their names. Tell them what we want from them. NOW.
Islam can't "declare" anything anymore than Christianity or Buddhis can. it is not a living breathing being. That aside, are we only allowing those who submit to your god to hold the position of their choice?
Impeach Obama for Treason – Tancredo on Benghazi, Libya!
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id…
“Food For Thought”
Semper Fi!
Jake
Agreed! Amen.
Obama has been a "teflon" preident so far. We have Chicago style politics at the national level. He may very well have blood on his golf gloves over the Benghazi ordeal but we may never know. He remains above it all so far, but stay tuned because the sheer amount of things that keep happening, he will make a mistake and then pay for it.
He makes mistakes every time he gets emotional and "friendly." He cannot hide who he is without a walkie talkie earbud or a teleprompter. Unless he becomes Axelrod's 24/7 Howdy Doody, he shows up…AND WE SEE HIM…HEAR HOW HE REALLY THINKS…He can't hide long enough from the TRUTH erupting all around him.
Unbelievable! Does the United States of America even exist anymore?! I am simply floored that a top general in our armed forces — a man who is educated and sophisticated and "worldly" would be so stupid and egotistical as to be led by the nose or you-know-what by a pretty faced double agent who wasn't in any way subtle about it. My God, I'm surprised America has lasted as long as it has.