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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Runaway General
General Stanley McChrystal has been summoned to the White House from Afghanistan to account for his recent "Rolling Stone" interview remarks. Already the questions as to his continued status as leader of the Afghanistan War team are revolving around DC. All the pundits and the experts will be debating this for days. I do not condone such disrespectful remarks as made in this article regarding the Vice President and other members of the Obama team. However, it is my hope that a cooler President Obama does not resort to the usual knee jerk reaction and ask for the General's dismissal. After all, he is a warrior, not a politician. He is paid to fight and to be mean at times and to finish the battle against our enemy. So he spoke out of turn. Who hasn't? If we were all held to account for some of the dummer things we have said, none of us would pass the litmus test of 100 percent appropriateness. The General slipped up. Scold him and embarrass him a little and then let him go back and win the war. Where are you Americans for Reason and Truth?
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If Obama were given to "knee jerk reactions" he would have fired McChrystal a while ago; McC has a record of inappropriate "sharing" with the media (e.g., London). Since McChrystal is a "warrior" he, above all, should understand the damage that insubordination does in the military. This latest "media escapade" demonstrates a serious lack of judgment on McC's part; given that, would you want your son or daughter, entrusted to his command?
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Did you read any of the Rolling Stone article? He was more than out of line with comments. He went on the record and embarrassed the diplomatic corps. He needed to be fired.
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