US General David Petraeus appeared to pass out briefly at a televised Senate hearing on Afghanistan.
The four-star general who leads Central Command quickly recovered and walked out under his own power.
Gen. Petraeus, 57, had finished telling Sen. John McCain that he believes the planned 2011 pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan remains on track, and McCain was responding when the room fell silent and aides began crowding around the four-star general.
Gen Petraeus, who oversees the war in Iraq and Afghanistan as head of U.S. Central Command, briefly put his head on the table, then rose, appearing dazed. He stood under his own power and was escorted from the room.
Gen Petraeus himself returned to the room briefly and told the senators he “was feeling a little bit light-headed there.”
“It wasn’t Sen. McCain’s question,” the general added.
That was nice of the general; but, it’s likely that listening to McCain pat himself on the back over and over again could put a teenage gamer on his third espresso bongo into a narcoleptic coma.
SPELL CHECKER….SPELL CHECKER….SPELL CHECKER
LIBRUL? MORAN? ETC…ETC…ETC
@swat45
Are you new here? Those were intentionally misspelled for effect.
shouldnt this be in the humor section as well? hell, i almost dozed off listening to mccain as well!
Does this mean he can no longer serve?
Thank god that McCain isn’t the president!
The whole nation would have blackouts during addresses and state of the union speeches!
McCain had a faint look of recognition before he almost sprang to action. He must suffer the same “passing out” a lot when his wife is talking to him and asking which of the seven houses he wants to stay in that weekend. It’s a miracle McCain didn’t faint dead-away every time The Quitter opened her ignorant trap.
Well, there goes his run for President…
I’ve never been a four-star general, but I think it’s a stressful job. He probably gets a solid three hours of sleep a night.
I’m saying he just dozed off. Meetings are boring enough when you actually have something to do. These congressional hearings are just public theater. It would take a hurculean effort on my part to remain conscious.
It would be all that fruit salad on his uniform, weighing him down.
Improbus: The efeect makes you look/sound illiterate. Too much name calling here….
Great…now I’m going to listen to John and Adam bad mouth GEN Patreaus’ uniform again. I’ll have to write another email (yeah…I’m that guy that was a “douchebag” on an earlier NA Show) and defend the awards and decorations that all Soldiers wear on their uniforms.
#15 – Kudos! Well done & beat me to it.
McCain’s saying “Look into my eyes. You’re feeling sleepy…. you’re feeling sleepy… you’re feeling sleepy.”.