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National Security Adviser Chides McChrystal
wapo ^ | October 4, 2009 | By Scott Wilson

Posted on 10/04/2009 4:27:28 PM PDT by Flavius

President Obama's National Security Adviser James L. Jones suggested Sunday that the public campaign being conducted by the U.S. commander in Afghanistan on behalf of his war strategy is complicating the internal White House review now underway, saying that "it is better for military advice to come up through the chain of command

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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bhonsa; jamesjones; mcchrystal; o
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1 posted on 10/04/2009 4:27:28 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

Well they’ve found their next Palin.


2 posted on 10/04/2009 4:28:34 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Hear us, O Bama: Mmm, mmm, mmm.)
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To: Flavius

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3 posted on 10/04/2009 4:29:57 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: Flavius

“”it is better for military advice to come up through the chain of command”

What better military advice could a commander in Chief get than that from his boots on the ground general?


4 posted on 10/04/2009 4:31:39 PM PDT by Rebelbase (This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
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To: Flavius

“Listen. The President is really, really pissed about the Olympics. And he’s decided to take it out on you, General. Sorry. It’s the Chicago way.”


5 posted on 10/04/2009 4:31:45 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Flavius
If Obama's got the guts, go ahead and sack him.

What a bunch of B@st@rds.

6 posted on 10/04/2009 4:31:50 PM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Flavius

You people in The White House are killing our Soldiers!!!!!


7 posted on 10/04/2009 4:32:59 PM PDT by GregB (Attention Sarah Palin supporters!!it cost 1 dollar to read this.Please send your money to Sarah!!!!)
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To: devolve; All; Flavius

[”it is better for military advice to come up through the chain of command]

Line up 10 people in a row, whisper something in the first one’s ear and tell them to pass it on.......wait and listen to what the last one says.....


8 posted on 10/04/2009 4:33:05 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: Flavius

What was the word on Jones before he signed on with this bunch?


9 posted on 10/04/2009 4:34:04 PM PDT by Thebaddog
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To: Rebelbase

You’re right.

I’ve like Jones in the past, but this smells like a sellout to me. Either that or he is jealous somehow.

Gen. McChrystal does have a responsibility to those who are serving. Who put their lives in harms way for him and for the President.

I realize the President see nor fells none of this.


10 posted on 10/04/2009 4:35:24 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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Paging General McClellan…


11 posted on 10/04/2009 4:36:13 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Flavius

Isn’t calling out the General in the media the same tactic? Shouldn’t this be done in private through the chain of command?


12 posted on 10/04/2009 4:37:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: Flavius

Dems love pubbie whistleblowers. They don’t much like it the other way.


13 posted on 10/04/2009 4:37:08 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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To: K-oneTexas

"I'm sorry boys but there will come a day when this nation elects a pussy for it's commander in chief and these meetings will cease. Nothing we can do about that now, so lets get this job done quickly"
14 posted on 10/04/2009 4:38:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase (This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
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To: Flavius

~snip~

“We will be examining different options,” said Jones, a retired Marine general and former Supreme Allied Commander Europe. “And I’m sure General McChrystal and General [David] Petraeus and Admiral [Mike] Mullen will be willing to present different options and different scenarios in this discussion that we’re having.”

~snip~

We don’t like your assessment. We don’t want to do it your way. Give us one they’ll like at the State Dept and the DoJ.

Oh- and the ACLU too. Be sure to get their ideas on how to wage war.


16 posted on 10/04/2009 4:38:55 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Flavius

Dems love pubbie whistleblowers. They don’t much like it the other way.


17 posted on 10/04/2009 4:39:01 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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To: Flavius
"We will be examining different options," said Jones, a retired Marine general and former Supreme Allied Commander Europe. "And I'm sure General McChrystal and General [David] Petraeus and Admiral [Mike] Mullen will be willing to present different options and different scenarios in this discussion that we're having."

Obama is stalling and he sends Jones out to make this statement that really means absolutely nothing. Obama needs to either $hit or get off the pot. Either supply McChrystal with what he needs or get the hell out.

18 posted on 10/04/2009 4:41:46 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Flavius

The “chain of command” at present leads to a phony “commander in chief”.


19 posted on 10/04/2009 4:46:10 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Flavius
"I think the end is much more complex than just about adding 'X' number of troops," Jones said on CNN. " But I don't foresee the return of the Taliban and I want to be very clear that Afghanistan is not in imminent danger of falling."

Your "Muslim in Chief" has emboldened them with the suicidal ROE.. They just attacked a FOB and killed 8 service members.. Fifty Three KIA since august..

Barry Hussein has made sitting ducks out of our troops.

Thanks alot libtards and "moderates" You've elected the enemy.

Pray for our troops..

20 posted on 10/04/2009 4:48:40 PM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (The Tree of Liberty is long overdue for its natural manure)
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