The last temptation of Petraeus
New York Times : Thu Nov 15 2012, 02:53 hrs
Top Stories
- UPA-2 anniversary today, to showcase achievements of UPA-1
- 1993 Mumbai blasts: Sanjay Dutt shifted to Pune's Yerwada Jail
- Sreesanth spent Rs 1.95L on clothes, bought friend BlackBerry, paid in cash: Police
- BCCI cashes Pune guarantee, Sahara walks out of IPL
- BSE Sensex opens in green, up 91 points in early trade
An article in Slate asked "how could he — this acclaimed leader and figure of rectitude — allow such a thing to a happen?" The italics are mine, because the verb is a telling one. "She went a bit ga-ga for the general," the article later observes, adding: "She may have made herself irresistible."
Such adamant women, such pregnable men. We've been stuck on this since Eve, Adam and the Garden of Eden. And it's true: Eve shouldn't have been so pushy with the apple.
But Adam could have had a V8.
Please read our terms of use before posting comments
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
Editors’ Pick
- Fixing probe now reaches Bollywood, son of Dara Singh held
- BCCI cashes Pune Warriors guarantee, 'disgusted' Sahara walks out of IPL
- Sreesanth spent Rs 1.95L on clothes, bought friend BlackBerry, paid in cash: Police
- Delhi firm with MoD as client is linked to Pak cyberattacks
- After Infosys, iGATE sacks Phaneesh Murthy for sexual misconduct
- 2 weeks after harassment, Haryana schoolgirls return, cops in tow
- UPA-2 anniversary today, report card to outline work done in last 9 years


Me captain, you team: Very vain, very effective
For democracy and bijli, uninterrupted supply
Four years later
Victor's tribulations




















