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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow is it that an unsavory woman - a grifter, to be honest - has a base pass for Centcom HQ?
The US Central Command is headquartered at MacDill AFB in Tampa. Jill Kelley lives right along Bayshore Blvd, which ends within the boundaries of MacDill. One can throw stones from her house to the office occupied by the 4Star du jour in charge of Centcom.
Centcom is running all of America's current wars. Centcom is flying the drones, in real time, from little video game rooms right there at MacDill, that are buzzing around Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraqistan, Iranistan, and elsewhere. Ships that operate in the Persion Gulf are under Centcom's purview.
And Seductress Jill has a base pass.
She was in the habit of hobbing (the knobs??) of the higher military brass there at ol' Centcom. Her own social smorgasbörd. Coming and going, and then coming at will.
The American War Fighters were her special little social circle. The fact that she was bankrupt, running from creditors, about to be foreclosed on some bad real estate deals, etc., seems not to have mattered a whit.
These paragons of Military Virtue, the closest things we have here to Jedi Knights, didn't have the common fucking sense to steer clear of her and her sister?
Really?
Middle schoolers show better sense.
High schoolers could soon be graduating into their lower ranks. Moms and Dads, is *that* the sort of judgement you want to lead your kid in war?
Nine Fucking Generals, so far, by some reporters reports, are said to be involved in this.
And that's just the General officers.
And on the other side of this little tale is Paula Broadwell. Not a Tampan, she is, however, an exemplar of the larger issue here. She Who Serviced A 4Star Dick is, herself, a West Point grad. Presumably a model of what a good soldier is supposed to be. A service academy grad.
Mixed metaphorically, let me close with: "Houston, we have a problem. We have met the enemy, and he is us."
Them, actually.
Fence rider
(48 posts)Fuck everything up don't they!
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)There is no way she could just stroll into CentCom HQ unless escorted by the top General himself. There's also recreational facilities, base PX, officers and enlisted clubs. Many civilians work there, and there is even an annual airshow open to the public. If she was "friends" with some of the top brass, it wouldn't be unusual for her to have access to some parts of the base. There is no way she would have access to high security areas.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)Jill Kelley is not answering to anyone, not being interviewed by authorities, it's like white gloves on this person.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)It's a little strange.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts).. there is so much more behind the curtain. Social schmocial.
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)I'm not at all sure what she's done.
All that needs to be is that she's unsavory. I was a lowly E2 in Charleston, SC, when I got my first official lecture about hob knobbing with unsavory women, fast talking money lenders, rent-to-own furniture companies, $5 glasses of ginger ale sold as champagne for a lovely young woman I might meet at a bar, used car sales lots selling cars with crankcases full of engine honey to silence knocks, and other basic pitfalls of life nearby the entrance to a military base.
flamingdem
(39,313 posts).. I don't want it to go away
w8liftinglady
(23,278 posts)I am assuming CENTCOM is a lot like NSA.
We could not go inside the NSA building.
Period.The end.
The very "deep" members had to walk through something like 8 or 9 search points.
I can't see anyone being allowed in CENTCOM,other than maybe The President.(some sarcasm).
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)I would love to be a fly on the wall- I'm betting the Prez is none to happy about all this drama.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I might be old, but I know how the game is played. Both Jill and Paula are white, good looking, slim, fashionable, easy, social climbers -- just the kind of thing that middle-aged men (whether military or not) like to have on their arms for show and in their beds for fun. It really is a quasi-commercial transaction; everyone gets what they want.
Warpy
(111,275 posts)Honestly, that and the right parentage and the ability to schmooze is all it takes.
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)not to mention they're Tampans tapped into the flow of information
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)That's something of a, um, personal characterization, no? Just how well acquainted are you with the facts behind that assertion?
Stinky The Clown
(67,808 posts)Welcome to my thread. Nice to have you here. So unusual, you paying me a visit.
She owes a shitload of money. Like millions. She and her hubby are broke. She and her hubby are fighting the foreclosure of an office building they own.
To the military, that is unsavory.
Are you her lawyer? Her PR girl?
Have a swell day.
Buh bye.
Say anything else and you're talking to yourself.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Yeah, double entendre humor is all part of a conspiracy.
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)n/t
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Well, I think we know why "stinky" is so touchy about the subject.
I had no idea people from Tampa were called that, though.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)She has a way with men. More women needed in decision jobs....
SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Those who need or want to improve their lot or chances in life find that this does indeed open doors, the problem is that it's not all that healthy..
Edit: I mean the fake ones! The people with the real ones have it easier
StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)She might not be the laughingstock of the whole country right now. Her little plan seems to have back fired.
Jack fell down and broke his crown. And Jill came tumbling after.