Posted on 10/04/2009 4:07:18 PM PDT by opentalk
According to sources close to the administration, Gen McChrystal shocked and angered presidential advisers with the bluntness of a speech given in London last week.
The next day he was summoned to an awkward 25-minute face-to-face meeting on board Air Force One on the tarmac in Copenhagen, where the president had arrived to tout Chicago's unsuccessful Olympic bid.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
“Bruce Ackerman, an expert on constitutional law at Yale University, said in the Washington Post: ‘As commanding general, McChrystal has no business making such public pronouncements.’”
Did you see this? If the Commanding General, the guy in charge, has no business speaking the truth in public when our Troops are being slaughtered, WHO DOES?
I will respect him for that much, at least. I STILL question his strategy.
Pot calling the kettle black....
Yes. It is an artificially created system of forcing integration on people who have no desire to be integrated.
People should be free to choose their friends and associates without it being forced on them. If they choose to be diverse that is their choice, if they dont it should not be forced upon them.
Amen Brother.
Oh, so you’re just reinforcing your sense of self importance. Ok.
No Einstein, just my opinion which was clearly stated but that’s not important to your justing at shadows now is it?
If Gen. McChrystal is the right type of soldier (which I suspect he is) it wouldn't be that easy. You don't just walk away from your men, leaving them in harm's way, for a political stunt. Taking a position such as McChrystal occupies means a commitment to the men he leads.
obammy is a dumb ass and will never get any better. Dumb as a box of ROCKS. And worf is dumber.
If all this were going on behind-the-scenes, I'd agree. But now that it's public, Clark would be taking a big chance by replacing McChrystal in a theater that was devolving into a defeat. He'd then be associated with that outcome; regardless of spin.
A minimum of 8 years active duty. Welcome to Afgan-Nam. Lets start Rolling Thunder, Carpet bombing, Napalm, get the good stuff out. Put away the obammy’s feather dusters.
True. In my experience I’ve noticed that most bosses who aren’t competent will tend to do that because they are the weaker of the two. They’re wrong and they know it, but won’t admit it and swallow their pride.
The General is the stronger of the two and has the obvious experience. 0 has nothing but campaigning experience. It’s the leaning forward, tense positions they’re in that indicate it did not go well.
I still believe the 0 will wait for a little while before tossing the General under the bus.
SZ
1. Obama is getting ready to backtrack on his commitment to win in Afghanistan; and
2. Obama needs to prevent McChrystal -- who has not been in the job all that long -- from resigning in protest when Obama 'zags'.
IOW's, criticism of the general at this time is laying the groundwork for attacking the general's reputation should he resign.
Gen. McChrystal is between a rock and a hard place. ZERO is forcing McChrystal to "lead' with one hand tied behind his back. HOW, I ask, does that help our troops?
Yeah, that is more like it.
God forbid!
You're spot on. It' doesn't help our troops. But if McChrystal resigns I'll be surprised. A good soldier does his best with what he's dealt. The time for recrimination is once it's over. I just don't see him going the recrimination route (including resignation) before his responsibility to our troops is over.
Supposedly there will be a decision ‘in weeks’ on the troop surge request by Obama. Will he be meeting with and consulting with and seeking the advice and input of McChrystal within those ‘weeks’? Or is he too busy ramrodding his bull domestic socialistic ‘reform’?
May God Bless Gen. McChrystal in whatever decision he makes and may God Bless and keep our brave men and women in uniform. I guess we will have to let history judge the outcome of our actions or inaction.
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