Posted on 06/22/2010 4:07:18 AM PDT by kristinn
NBC News' Savannah Guthrie reports this morning that Gen. Stanley McChrystal is being called to Washington for a meeting at the White House tomorrow in the wake of a Rolling Stone article that has exposed McChrystal and his staff as mockingly disrespectful of their civilian overseers, including their commander-in-chief President Barack Obama.
Guthrie posted at Twitter:
McChrystal has been ordered to the Sit Rom tomorrow to explain his stmts criticizing admin officials to Rolling Stone to POTUS in person 15 minutes ago via UberTwitter
Guthrie added: "McChrystal has been calling around town apologizing to officials."
The Atlantic reported late last night that McChrystal had been called by numerous top officials last night:
Within hours after today's Rolling Stone story broke, McChrystal was called by the White House, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They were not happy.
The Atlantic also notes that McChrystal never completely had the trust of the Obama administration:
Even though McChrystal voted for Obama and told him so during their first meeting, he sensed that a number of senior White House aides didn't really believe that the former commander of the military's special missions unit during the Bush-Cheney years was suddenly on their side. National Security Adviser James Jones, who is a bit of cipher to McChrystal's team, may or may not have been one of these aides. No one in the West Wing bought all that liberal internet chatter about JSOC's alleged crimes -- but no one really didn't buy it, either.
If mac voted for obama... **** him and he is a traitor. If not... then obama lied about him... and we know obama is one huge lying pos kenyan marxist muzzie.
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ROTFLMAO! And I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden would fall all over themselves to grand his demand. </sarcasm>
“Even though McChrystal voted for Obama...
That alone would give me reason to question his competency. I hope he pays the price for his foolish choice in presidents. “
If true...AMEN!
pink slip in 5-4-3-2-........
I may be wrong, but a General’s choice for a Retirement Speech to Congress, CANNOT be denied.
LET’S HOPE HE QUITES ON MOOGLY THE MAN CUB AND TELLS THE REAL STORY TO THE MEDIA, AT LEAST FOX WILL REPORT IT
Bowrama's already made a mess of it. Losing the military in this fashion, can't be good....especially, since McChrystal voted FOR Bowrama!
If McChrystal disagrees with the President, he needs to resign his commission and then say so. He cannot openly mock a President while still on active duty, period.
That the President in question is an incompetent boob with delusions of godhood is irrelevant.
That the President in question is going to seriously compromise the war effort is irrelevant.
Criticism of the President and his policies must come from outside the military, never within.
Savannah Guthrie reporting on MSNBC from the White House that Obama is hesitating to fire McChrystal. Doesn’t want to put his “hurt feelings” above “greater good” in Afghanistan.
“... man-boy ..”
that will get Larry Sinclair so horny
You got a real birth certificate Obama? Obama’s ROE and support for the war is intolerable and a failure. The General should tell the POS in the White House to stick it where the sun don’t shine.
al quaeda and taliban ring up another victory
Is there anyone with stones around here?
Joe Wilson stood up..... and then stood down.
Joe Barton stood up.... and then stood down.
I'd like to see McChrystal stand up for what he said and say "Hell yes, I meant it - because of A), B), and C)", and stick by his guns.
If he meant it, but won't stick to it, he's spineless.
If he said it and didn't mean it, he's worthless.
(Easy for me to say, I know).
General McCrystal and Congressman Joe Barton were both right and honest. Obama is losing in both Iraq and the Afghan nation and the POTUS Obama has no right to demand extortion from a private company, even though BP should be torn to shreds for incompetency. But....so to should Obama and his failed administration for giving green light permits to BP to move forward with a hazardous situation. BP should be drained of every cent and Obama should be forced to resign or be impeached. I wonder when the American people are going to wake up and realize that POTUS Barack Hussein Obama hates these United States and...that he and his traitor Democrat Party are doing everything they can to destroy America and all her people!!!
General, if what you are reported to have said was true, don’t be a wussie and apologize! But, you probably shouldn’t have said anything, if you aren’t prepared to resign and speak to the people.
NBC’s chief Pentagon reporter, Jim Mik(however you spell it) says the Pentagon is not inclined to fire McChrystal.
—correct—when I was a kid, it was a tradition that officers in the Armed Services didn’t vote—
Please do not compare this situation to the MacArthur-Truman spat...”old soldiers never die, they just fade away...” Can’t the President just, “fade away” at this point?
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