As a society, we love to create heroes only to tear them down later. David Petraeus illustrates this point perfectly. We embued Petraeus with heroic qualities as great as any of our World War II stars, including Eisenhower and MacArthur.
When our hero was shown to be all too human, he not only fell from grace but his impressive record has been blemished.
Why don't we recognize from the outset that leaders are humans, not heroes on a pedestal, and view them accordingly?
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