Petraeus briefly collapses at Senate hearing on Afghanistan

[bigworld]

Source: The Hill

Gen. David Petraeus, the head of Central Command, briefly collapsed at a Senate Armed Services hearing on progress in Afghanistan. He fell forward in front of his microphone, but quickly recovered. The hearing went into recess and Petraeus was able to walk out by himself.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/103203-petraeus-briefly-collapses-at-senate-hearing-on-afghanistan

[daggahead]

1. Headrush? n/t

[saigon68]

27. He was having an Orgasm contemplating more wonderful civilian deaths

Nothing like thinking about killing more (insert racial epithet here)heads, to cause RAPTURE

[Old Vet]

28. Think about what you just said ?

Do you really believe that shit, Or has that organization you so proudly display lost there fucking minds. DEATH FROM ABOVE.............

[saigon68]

29. You need some work on your English

There /VS/ Their

I also think you are on the wrong website

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4425487&mesg_id=4425944

[Old Vet]

30. If you truly think that man thinks that way.....................

I dont know what to say to that, As far as telling me where to hang-out-NOT

[EFerrari]

34. Or maybe all that corruption just went to his head. n/t

[hobbit709]

2. somebody told him the jig was up.

[Lost4words]

3. Well thats one way to avoid tough questions. nt

[Ian David]

4. Someone on Twitter said he skipped breakfast.

Most important meal of the day.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. IIRC, he only eats once a day and runs a LOT. That'll catch up to you.

[HereSince1628]

5. Sleep deprivation? low blood sugar?

Or maybe a software glitch between him and the puppeteer?

[Connie_Corleone]

6. Someone finally fell asleep while listening to Senators bloviate.

[seafan]

7. The handwriting is on the wall for McChrystal and his Centcom boss.

McChrystal faces 'Iraq' moment in Afghanistan

[kirby]

8. A 'sign from the Lord'...

What more does the right need now. The Lord has signalled we should leave Afghanistan, so lets get out now!

[24601]

42. No, God was saying fight harder - you misread the message.

Unless you have a notarized memo from the Almighty, one might infer your invoking God is more in line with repug methodology.

[jaxx]

9. from WaPo email

News Alert: General David Petraeus faints at hearing
10:40 AM EDT Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, fell ill at the witness table during a Senate hearing Tuesday and had to be escorted from the room.

Petraeus was listening to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) express concern about the direction of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan when he appeared to faint. Aides immediately rushed to help him, and he was led out of the hearing room.

Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) said, he 'appears to be doing very well.'



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Someone finally found a way to get McCain to shut up. ;-)

[SILVER__FOX52]

10. who cares............

I care as much about that scum bag, as he does about our troops.

[joe black]

18. Yep

Meanwhile our grunts are getting the shit shot out of them. Maybe he had some bad caviar the night before.

[RamboLiberal]

11. Petraeus escorted from hearing after apparent choking

Source: CNN

The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan was escorted from a congressional hearing room after apparently choking during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday.

Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of CENTCOM, appears to be doing “very much better."

He is eating and “probably didn’t have enough to drink before coming in here this morning.”

"We will make a decision hopefully in a few minutes as to whether we're going to proceed this morning or not," Levin said


Read more: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/15/security-brief-key-senators-question-progress-in-afghanistan/?hpt=T2

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On edit video: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/06/15/gen_petraeus_collapses_at_senate_hearing_on_afghanistan.html

Gen. David Petraeus appeared to have passed out during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday, recovering enough to be escorted from the room.

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.

The committee recessed its hearing for several minutes as lawmakers and aides determined whether Petraeus was well enough to continue. Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., suggested that Petraeus was dehydrated but had recovered quickly.

"General Petraeus appears to be doing very well," he said.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/15/petraeus-goes-senate-hearing/

[havocmom]

12. Someone should give him some Halliburton water to wash down his food

You know, that nice sewage contaminated water so many of the troops in Iraq got.

[joe black]

19. or perhaps some shrap metal meat.

[sweettater]

13. "probably didn't have enough to drink"....................

I'm sure........hic! :beer:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. Another killer pretzel? nt

[elleng]

15. Hearing in recess until tomorrow.

C-Span rerunning proceeding UNTIL Gen Petraeus situation.

[damntexdem]

16. Did Gen. Betrayus choke on his own lies?

It would be weird if he did -- after all, he's told them to Congress and the American people so often before.

[saigon68]

31. Sure looks he's choking on his own Bile

[SpiralHawk]

17. "Hmmmmmmm?" - Observers of Omens

[FSogol]

20. McCain needs breath mints. n/t

[Hulk]

21. The "mcCain Effect".....I thought it was just me...

Old mcAncient has that charm. Blah, blah, blah.....are you ready to pass out yet?...blah, blah, blah. (nothing to say...just loves to hear his voice speaking)...blah, blah, blah...

[Rozlee]

22. Depleted uranium, anyone?

It's my favorite rant as anyone who's read my posts knows, since Gulf War illness has struck so close to home for me. 300 tons of it dropped in the first Gulf War and 3000 in the second and all so that me, my children and now miscarriages and birth defects for my grandchildren can pay the price. Go ahead and pass out, Betrayus. It won't break my heart if you keep doing it for the forseeable future.

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. So apparently he collapsed (OP), fainted (#9), and choked (#11)

while not having enough to drink (also #11). Must've been something to see.

Good thing he didn't cough, burp, fart, sneeze, and hiccup all at the same time. I have it on good authority you explode if that happens.

[Yeahyeah]

24. The microfilm went down wrong pipe.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

26. Prolly fell asleep during Mc Cain-cient's bloviation

and the M$M is reporting he "fainted".

[mbperrin]

32. Passed out during questioning?

Didn't even bring out the waterboard yet, did they?

He must be a tuff motherfucker! Or not.

[saigon68]

33. He gets other people to commit War Crimes

He only issues the directives.

He's basically a Heydrich sort of character

[dyingnumbers]

35. Power OFF

Our troops, at this point, should be dropping off to sleep, exhausted not only by McCain's obstinacy but by combat fatigue. On the other hand, in Petraeus's case I wouldn't rule out narcolepsy.

http://su.pr/2a2yo1">General David Petraeus faints during grilling over US in Afghanistan

[Thor_MN]

36. Darth Cheney found his lack of faith disturbing?

[grantcart]

37. Petraeus slumps at Hill hearing, quickly recovers

Source: Associated Press



AP
Petraeus slumps at Hill hearing, quickly recovers

Published - Jun 15 2010 01:02PM PST

By ANNE FLAHERTY and EVAN VUCCI - Associated Press Writers


U.S. Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus rises out of his chair after appearing to collapse on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15,...



U.S. Central Commander Gen. David Petraeus rises out of his chair after appearing to collapse on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2010, while appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

WASHINGTON— Gen. David Petraeus slumped at the witness table Tuesday while testifying at a Senate hearing, and a spokesman said the general was likely dehydrated and jet-lagged from his travels.

Petraeus, 57, revived after a few seconds and left the room under his own power. After about 20 minutes he returned to the hearing room, but Sen. Carl Levin, the panel chairman, decided to postpone the hearing.

"It appears he was maybe a little jet-lagged, dehydrated certainly," said Petraeus' spokesman, Col. Erik Gunhus.

President Barack Obama later called Petraeus from Air Force One as he returned from a two-day trip to the Gulf Coast.

"Sounds like he's doing good, he sounded great," White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters traveling with the president. "Sounds like he was just a little dehydrated."

Petraeus had finished telling Sen. John McCain that he believed the planned 2011 drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan remains on track, and McCain was responding when the room fell silent and aides began crowding around the four-star general

Read more: http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/9008/14102540/Petraeus_slumps_at_Senate_hearing_jet-lag_blamed/1

[chill_wind]

38. TPM has video:

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/petraeus-faints-during-senate-hearing-video.php

[Tx4obama]

39. There is a video here on DU too, it's been up since this morning.. Link below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x475664

[chill_wind]

40. Thanks!

:hi:

[kgnu_fan]

41. He should read testimonies of Winter Soldier -Iraq and Afghanistan

He is too isolated from what is going on in the battle ground. He is in a fantasy land.