mcchrystal resigned his command in afghanistan. as far as i know he is still in the army. who knows where he goes from here. the general was a pro, he must have been pretty frustrated with obama. none of the active duty i know can stand or have any respect for obama. veterans hate him even more. if the economy wasnt so bad i believe alot would have left. as patriotic and devoted as our soldiers are when you have a commander in chief like him that was never in and obviously cant lead it has to be tough to serve. if you have any thought that vets like the POTUS go to a memorial day parade or a veterans day ceremony and just listen.

 

That may or may not be true---but the bottom line is that one does not publicly criticize superiors---regardless of how one fees. I have a feeling that if this had occurred on W's watch, you would have no trouble calling it treason. As strong of an officer as he appears to be, he made a career-costing blunder, and should have known better.

TSC

 

Must read post:

MCCHRYSTAL FIRED, Petraeus asked to take over. Will MoveOn and Keith Olbermann reprise their “General BetrayUs” routine?

UPDATE: A reader emails: “What’s it say about the MSM that a Presidential Candidate and a Commanding General were taken down by the National Enquirer and Rolling Stone Magazine? They’re not exactly bastions of journalistic integrity-or did things suddenly invert over the last 10 years?” Well, they still do actual reporting.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Obama Votes “Present” — And That’s A Good Thing.

MORE: Michael Yon emails:
The United States has again called upon General David Petraeus during crisis. There have been other times, the most remarkable being in January 2007 when we were on the cusp of losing the war in Iraq. The chances against success were increasingly remote. I was there through the entire surge, and more, and saw the remarkable transformation under command of General Petraeus and due to the incredible efforts of our armed forces and civilian counterparts. No book that I have read, including the one that I wrote, has fully conveyed the magnitude of those days. You simply had to be there.

Here we are again. This time on the cusp of losing the war in Afghanistan. The situation is worse than ever before. Again, the United States has asked General David Petraeus to step into a situation that seems hopeless to many people. It is not hopeless, just extremely bad. All is not lost, just nearly lost. Our people can turn this war around.

I’m pulling for them, God knows.

Plus this comment: “Brilliant choice by the President. He removes his hand-picked choice for someone he had no confidence in just 2 years ago.” Yes, underemphasized in all of this is that McChrystal was Obama’s hand-picked choice, for whom the previously serving general, David McKiernan, was unceremoniously removed. That switch was one of Obama’s first major decisions as commander-in-chief.

Meanwhile, look whose bacon Petraeus is being called in to save.

STILL MORE: Victor Davis Hanson:
It is one of ironies of our present warped climate that Petraeus will face far less criticism from the media and politicians than during 2007–8 (there will be no more “General Betray Us” ads or “suspension of disbelief” ridicule), because his success this time will reflect well on Obama rather than George Bush. It is a further irony that Obama is surging with Petraeus despite not long ago declaring that such a strategy and such a commander were failures in Iraq. And it is an even further irony that he is now rightly calling for “common purpose” when — again not long ago, at a critical juncture in Iraq — Obama himself, for partisan purposes on the campaign trail, had no interest in the common purpose of military success in Iraq.

Indeed.

MORE STILL: What MoveOn was saying.

Plus, from Michael Barone: President Obama took command. And this: “Incidentally, the appointment of Petraeus to replace McChrystal was recommended yesterday by the Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol. Does the president read the Weekly Standard’s The Blog?” Better that than some other blogs he’s taken direction from . . . .

FINALLY: MoveOn Scrubs “General Betray Us” Page From Website. Have you noticed how these people are always airbrushing? It’s kind of an admission that their stuff won’t sell if they tell the truth. . . .

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/101691/

 

too late...they already do

 

I wonder if McChrystal did this on purpose? We all know he never liked Obama and maybe he was tired of all the BS. What better way to get out of the job by making your boss look like the bad guy? I have no doubt that McChrystal knew if he said what he did, that there would be repercussions. At his pay grade he knew that the worst that could happen is that he would retire and enjoy his big fat pension. Your thoughts?

 

can you imagine having to work for obama, biden, pelosi, emanuel etc? they started out bad and acting like a$$holes and have only gotten worse. when mcchrystal signed on for that war they were in their infancy of morphy into what they are now. who could have ever imagined what they have turned into and how much worse they will get.

 

I think that he knew exactally what he was doing.
Remember this is the war that O-BLAME-A said was the right war, but he rarely consults with the people in charge. McChrystal was O-BLAME-A's hand picked guy. If McChrystal could not run things the way they needed to be run then he had no choice. The MSM wouldn't touch any criticism of O-BLAME-A so it is the only way to focus the needed attention on what is going on over there.
I know kids that are there right now and I think this was done for their benefit, it's as close as a General can get to falling on a grenade to save others.
GENERAL STANLEY McCHRYSTAL IS A REAL AMERICAN HERO!!!!