General Petraeus passing out during senate armed services committee meeting

Well just found this General Petraeus passing out during senate armed services committee meeting you tube video.


Well he must be under so much stress his he incharge of the American armed services if so is he fit to be in that job i think not but i am not American if you are what are your thoughts on this.

Edit to add it happens around the 2.10 mark

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[edit on 113030p://2010-06-15T11:44:23-05:00156 by mars1]

Found his explanation on this too.

Gen. David Petraeus explained that he must have gotten "dehydrated" after he appeared to pass out in the middle of a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday.
The head of Central Command was in the midst of a dialogue with Arizona Sen. John McCain when he slumped over the witness table. Several officials gathered around Petraeus, who was able to stand up and walk out on his own.

LINKwww.foxnews.com...

So there you have it he must have been dehydrated sure he was

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Looks to me like the guy has been putting in overtime and he needs a vacation for a bit??

Too bad our Congressmen/women never work that hard.

It's called "post-traumatic syndrome"...
He misses Hillary there...

he was obviously at the same party the NC congressman was at, and they did way too much of something.

Patraeus had just finished telling McCain about tripling our forces in the region; then McCain thanks Patraeus, then starts in on that whole "sending the right message" and "arbitrary" timeline stuff. So, dehydrated or not it was at the very least ironic. Patraeus's spirit couldn't deal with hearing that same old mess again. Dude's spirit tried to leave his body

When i first saw this i thought it was McCain did you see his face i thought he was having a stroke i kid you not.

Do you buy his explanation of been dehydrated


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[edit on 013030p://2010-06-15T13:01:10-05:00156 by mars1]

I don't buy his explanation of being dehydrated, in the tape it's as plain as day he just took a chug of iceberg water.

And ya lol McCain looked like he was having a stroke.

with all those medals on his chest,
I wonder if any of them were given
for acting ????

I think he'll be passed up at the Oscars
this year. It was a real bad performance.

It's crap like this that makes most people
distrusting of the government.

If he does it again, charge him with
obstruction of justice and a court martial
for delaying hearings. Even football games
have a delay of game penalty. Should also be
in court hearings as well.

Or better yet, just waterboard him til
he fesses up the truth.


[edit on 15-6-2010 by boondock-saint]

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Thanks a lot you made me look around about the medals this is what i found.

Gen. David Petraeus and his medals

Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of American forces in the Middle East, showed an impressive haul of honours as he left 10 Downing Street after meeting David Cameron.

Linkwww.telegraph.co.uk...

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He was just slipped a note stating that the $20,000 toilet seat and $9,000 hammer budget was cut by the Obama administration.

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That was a good one star for that still can not get over McCain's face you would think it was him hilarious thats all i can say

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Thats the BEST explanation thus far for this occurance.

Really.

Some people react strangely when forced with having to tell the truth.

If he really is a person who faints that easily, it's time to retire!

The man is a four star general, and one of our greatest military strategists. He is not some bumbling politician, and deserves a bit of respect. He could very well have been poisoned, or have something seriously wrong with him.

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To you he may be your greatest military strategists but wile in these two wars he gets no respect from me sorry.

This thread was not done as a joke its not my falt that it happens to be hilarious so i am sorry if you are offended.

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does anybody have the front view of the collapse ?

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No well i can not find one anyway but i did find this one it's the same but from Fox news.


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Odd that he passed out while talking about whether we will remain in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You can drink water and still be dehydrated. Water alone does not sustain hydration.

Stress can do funky things to the body; the room could have been stuffy, etc.

To find conspiracy in the timing is just looking for something that is not there. He tried to come back but Senator Levin adjourned for the day. No conspiracy, refocus people.

To the OP, I know you did this in fun so I shall engage in that aspect

The general 'passed' out in attempts to hide the gigantic bout of flatuance that was about to ensue