Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned on Friday. He resigned, because he had an extra marital affair. Such behavior is generally frowned upon, particularly so in defense circles. Betraying a trust to the person that you have proclaimed most dearest, your wife, tends to undercut your promises to hold your country’s secrets sacred. I do not intend to demean Petraeus’s patriotism; I don’t think that anyone can do that. Our country owes him a great debt for his service. More than anyone, he turned around Iraq. He just made a bad personal decision.

Fidelity is not just a promise, or a vow, or even a way of life, it is a sacred commitment. I just count myself the lucky fellow, to have found a goddess worth worshipping. As I dance around this cauldron of blasphemy, with my love of her, I wonder how it just keeps getting better. I’m speaking of our marriage fools. You know who are. I’ll surely be, yes dearing, later today, after she reads this post, but I think that she’ll still appreciate my sentiment. I’m just the lucky guy that married a woman that keeps getting smarter. I don’t have to worry about making major decisions, I have a teacher in my pocket.