Report: Insubordinate McChrystal Called Back to Washington for White House Meeting

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | Kristinn

[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.

[redhead]

“General, here’s your ass. Now, take a hike. You’re lucky we don’t just take you out into the Rose Garden and put a paper target over your heart. And, don’t ask for any retirement, either.”

[Neil E. Wright]

This story did not happen accidentally. There is a struggle for control of the military. It is not exclusively between Oath Keepers and Oath Breakers but that is one of the fault lines. I repeat, this story did not happen accidentally and it is not really about dissing the Obamanoids.
H/T SipseyStreetIrregulars

★ FREEDOM! ★

[Allegra]

Thanks!

[DrewsMum]

Did he really?

[Allegra]

Even though McChrystal voted for Obama...

Hmmm...explains some things, perhaps?

I wonder who General Odierno and General Petraeus voted for?

[Tzimisce]

RACIST!

[hattend]

Why would a General, fighting a war, talk to Rolling Stone anyway?

He may be right about Obama but he should have learned from McArthur/Truman and kept his mouth shut

[rlmorel]

ping!

[dragnet2]

McChrystal and his staff as mockingly disrespectful of their civilian overseers, including their commander-in-chief President Barack Obama.

These civilian overseers have all but destroyed this country.

[dragnet2]

McChrystal is lucky he hasn’t been fired already.

Lucky why? He still has his government pension.

[uncbob]

Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement that "it would be a grave mistake" to allow the controversy over the article to distract attention from the war effort. "Now is not the time for Washington to be sidetracked by chatter," Kerry said. "Everyone needs to take a deep breath." Kerry said he spoke with McChrystal by telephone Tuesday morning and stressed that U.S. leaders should remain focused on success in Afghanistan and the safety of U.S. troops.

Sounds like the democrats are scared crapless

[mware]

After the Iran /Contra hearings, Senator Kerry offered up a bill to revoke Col North’s military pension.

[Palladin]

At last, someone speaks the truth about the ten-year fiasco
in Afghanistan. What exactly is the mission? Why are we there? How can our magnificent forces be expected to fight a guerilla war with BOTH hands tied behind their back?

Why must our boys be maimed and killed to protect the drug routes of th Karzai Cartel?

Where is the air support that could take out these barbarians in short order?

McChrystal, God bless you for speaking the truth about Obama and his Clown Posse.

[Brown Deer]

lol, you silly boy. You still got it wrong.

[Palladin]

“Does it become a civil war?”

If it does, Mc Chrystal’s “insubordination” gives us an indication of whose side our fine military will be on.

Definitely NOT Obama’s.

[dragnet2]

That would never happen.

[Palladin]

You’re kidding, right?

Someone should have told that to Gen. Robert E. Lee!

[dragnet2]

Gets my vote....Those in D.C. are driving this country, our economy and standard of living into a ditch.

[sarcasmotron]

I’m a neutral third party.

[maica]

Rush Limbaugh is now on his second hour of discussing this article. His theme is defense of McChrystal, who is desperate to see progress in Afghanistan.