McChrystal v. Obama

[guido911]

I am surprised no one has posted about this messy situation that is unfolding over Gen. McChrystal's Rolling Stone interview. Yowza.

Get a load of the title of this article:

http://dougpowers.com/2010/06/22/have-you-plugged/

Edited to correct a spelling error

[Conan71]

I heard some excerpts, they sounded pretty undisciplined over there.  Unfortunately much of what I heard was attributed to "aides" of the General.

[Gaspar]

I read the story today.  Reminds me of a modern day General Patton.

He has no use for politicians or a$$ clowns.

I'm torn.  On one hand, I think he was out of line.  On the other I can help but laugh.

[Townsend]

Per a CNN source, he resigned.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/22/latest-mcchrystal-developments/

[Updated at 4:41 p.m.] Gen. Stanley McChrystal has submitted his resignation, Time magazine's Joe Klein told CNN, citing an unnamed source. CNN is working to confirm Klein's information

(edited to add that Obama has not accepted yet.)

[Gaspar]

He was the Afghanistan US strategist.  No other general knows the ground or has a better relationship with Hamid Karzai.  They have become very good friends.

We just took a huge hit, but I understand President Obama's actions.

What a shame.

[we vs us]

It's the MacArthur lesson:  no matter how good you are you can't dis your commanding officer and keep your job.  
 

Yay for civilian control.

[nathanm]

Yeah, it doesn't seem like there is any other likely outcome. If McChrystal isn't fired/asked to resign/whatever it would undermine Obama's command authority.

Some people are wondering if McChrystal didn't let the smile fly so he'd get his butt thrown out before his Afghanistan plan was proven to be the failure it appears to have been so far. I don't know about all that, but it does make for fun conversation.

I've long maintained there's no hope for Afghanistan anyway. If the Soviets couldn't pummel them into submission when they had absolutely no qualms about killing civilians, how can we possibly get the place in shape?

Edited to add: Not that I had any problem with going in and opening up a can of whoop donkey on the Taliban after 9/11, nor would I shed a single tear if we kept using Special Forces on them and bombing them with drones.

[sgrizzle]

I read the story today.  Reminds me of a modern day General Patton.

He has no use for politicians or a$$ clowns.

I'm torn.  On one hand, I think he was out of line.  On the other I can help but laugh.

McChrystal 2012

[Gaspar]

McChrystal 2012

That's what I was thinking.  I'd love to see a knife fight break out at the first debate.

[Townsend]

That's what I was thinking.  I'd love to see a knife fight break out at the first debate.

The teaparty candidate will freak and club him like a baby seal.

[Gaspar]

The teaparty candidate will freak and club him like a baby seal.

What makes you think he won't be the Tea Party Candidate?

[Townsend]

What makes you think he won't be the Tea Party Candidate?

He hates tea.

But okay, she'll rip him to shreds like a leopard seal for supreme dominance over the whole of the lollipop guild.

[Conan71]

The teaparty candidate will freak and club him like a baby seal.

Who needs a club? Tea Partiers carry gats in fanny packs, don't they?

[Gaspar]

Who needs a club? Tea Partiers carry gats in fanny packs, don't they?

And can kill with a silent poison dart.

[Townsend]

And can kill with a silent poison dart.

No more party pics from the Gaspar household please.