Bottom line, Petraeus is not to be trusted. A betrayal of trust. Get it? Of course you don't. And since part of his oath was to protect and defend the constitution, traitor doesn't seem too much of a stretch (since you insist on that definition as the only one possible). Him and the whole treasonous crew whose boots he licks.
they have simply given their opponents something to hammer on
Let them hammer themselves right into oblivion. I assure you, the only ones who think this is a big deal are the chattering class of the Washington media establishment and the screwhead 30 percenters. Out in the real world most seem to think it was a fair but extreme headline and the facts presented were accurate in their portrayal of Petraeus as a serial liar on behalf of Bushco.
We haven't forgotten the faux outrage over Terry Schiavo. This just looks like more of the same.