Gen. Petraeus passes out while being questioned by McCain

[Enrique]

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[zulchzulu]

1. Wow. That's just odd. n/t

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Wow I hope he is ok. Hopefully his blood sugar was just low or something. No breakfast/hot lights,

etc.

[Renew Deal]

3. I hope he's OK.

I'm sure McCain bored him to sleep. :D

Seriously though, those hearings are tough. All the focus is on you. Those rooms are hot. He might not have eaten. Hopefully it's that simple.

[sarge43]

4. +1

Maybe an attack of the "Teh Stupid: It burns."

[doc03]

5. Oh come on he was listening to McCain

I nearly fell asleep myself.

[LaStrega]

24. I'm glad you said it ...

I didn't want to be disrespectful to the General ... but yeah McCain talks and bring on the Zzzzzzz.

[grantcart]

27. at our house they have to stack pillows next to me on the sofa when McCain appears just in case.

[Hulk]

6. That's the same effect mcAncient has on me....

Certainly we all hope he's OK.

Maybe this will send a subtle message to the big john that he makes us ALL sick.

[rainy]

7. He's probably literally sick about all he knows about the

horrors of war.

[burnsei sensei]

12. You can't look into the abyss

without surrendering at least some of your strength of spirit to it.

[Xenotime]

8. This guy needs to resign. Not a true leader if you can't stay awake.

[MissDeeds]

17. Yeah, look what's expected of the troops

He certainly has better care and better conditions than the soldiers in the field. How much slack are they given?

[SirRevolutionary]

9. Maybe McGrandpa's war face was too much for him?

McCain's facial expressions were like "Damnit, this happens every time the grandkids come over too".

[Crowman1979]

10. Probably as a result of the KBR burn pits and contaminated water.

Which Petaeus did nothing about.

[go west young man]

11. Maybe the devil was coming to collect early on that Faustian bargain.

[burnsei sensei]

13. John McCain must retire.

He is entirely too old to occupy the office he has. Someone younger can represent Arizona much better, I think.
It seems McCain represents only himself.

[SpankMe]

14. Not an uncommon occurrence.

These guys come to these meetings in a rush, overwhelmed, under-nourished and dehydrated. Then, the pressure of the meeting ads to the stress. And, if they have any underlying issues at all - like fatigue or even the slightest touch of flu or cold - then that pushes them in to "blank-out" territory.

[liberation]

16. Yeah, traveling around in first class, staying at top hotels, being catered to constantly....

... it is real "rough" for these guys, let me tell you.

[MissDeeds]

19. +1000

:patriot:

[Enrique]

20. +1

these guys don't even remember how to open doors for themselves. Their arms are probably atrophied by the time they retire.

[grantcart]

25. Constant travel and changing time zones can be exhausting when you are older and

recovering from prostate cancer - as he is.

[sarge43]

22. You're being sarcastic or else you've never been in the service

if you honestly believe a four star is under-nourished and dehydrated or stressed out from bull shitting congress critters. If he's overwhelmed by a Five O'Clock Follies tapdance, he shouldn't be commanding a combat corps.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. Isn't this the guy that runs 10 miles a day and only eats one meal a day?

Like Monique says, "eat something, you skinny bitch"

[Maureen1322]

23. I saw on 60 Minutes McChrystal does that.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

29. I knew it was one of those honchos. Petraeus is a big runner too. I remember a Runner's World piece.

[grantcart]

26. No this is the guy who is recovering from prostrate cancer

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. He was treated in Feb. 2009. If he still feels the side effects maybe it IS time to retire.

[colorado_ufo]

18. Likely blood sugar is low,

but I'm not sure if the yellow cast to his skin is simply an olive complexion. He may need to check his liver function.

[MrMickeysMom]

21. Low BS or not, it probably wasn't his great moment as a leader-

All anyone's gonna remember is him going flaccid after hearing sour-ball face Gramps mumble about something.

If you can't maintain your blood glucose in public, you weren't thinking ahead, General.

[herbm]

30. Happens to me every time McCane goes on and on and on.