There is something about this whole episode that bothers me. Conservatives/hawks are over reacting and the libs are only looking at how McC' "offended" Obama. The reaction doesn't jibe with the quotes.
If he had called Obama a bungling fool (which is, of course, the truth) there would be a justified reaction.
Most of the quotes are attributed to aides and soldiers. I really don't get the reaction from the right.
It's ironic, because it seems the reporter was trying to create a "liberal warrior" out of McChrystal and ended up trashing the administrations strategy in Afghanistan.
Yes, I got THAT too. The reporter tried, I think, to make McC look like a bit of a maverick a la McStupid hoping to elevate him in the eyes of the libs but it backfired.
I tried to stop that post.
I meant to say "The reporter tried, I think, to make McC look like a bit of a maverick a la McStupid hoping to elevate him in the eyes of the libs the conservatives because McC has always supported Obama but it backfired.
I’m a military brat. Wanted to serve, but developed asthma during my late teen years and back in the 80’s, that was enough to keep you out. My dad was an E-9. Just background to give you my point of view on this.
You respect the chain of command, and if you don’t, and if the chain of command loses their trust in you, you are removed from your position.
Lincoln and McClellan.
Truman and MacArthur.
Obama and McChrystal.