How about this? There is so much we don’t know. McChrystal is not a stupid man. He had to have known this would be explosive.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2539055/posts
EDITORIAL: Obama’s Vietnam moment—Democrats plan to cut and run in Afghanistan
The Washington Times ^ | June 21, 2010 | Editorial
Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 8:14:15 PM by jazusamo
The White House is clinging to President Obama’s ill-conceived pledge to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan in July 2011, regardless of how the war is going at the time. In dogmatically standing by that pledge, Mr. Obama is virtually guaranteeing he will preside over America’s second lost war.
The issue arose last week during congressional testimony when Central Command commander Gen. David H. Petraeus said that withdrawing from Afghanistan would be “based on conditions” and that “July 2011 is not the date where we race for the exits.” Au contraire, according to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. “The July [2011] date, as stated by the president, that’s not moving, that’s not changing,” he said Sunday. “Everybody agreed on that date.”
The scope of the withdrawal is yet to be decided, but according to Mr. Emanuel, the start date is necessary because it has “created a sense of urgency” among the allies to get the job done. Another thing creating a sense of urgency is the significantly degraded security situation in Afghanistan since Mr. Obama set this deadline. Insurgent attacks and coalition casualties are up; the areas of the country in which the Taliban are active have increased; and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is watching the United States with increasing wariness, knowing that soon he will have to face the Taliban alone.
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Exactly...Late getting logged on this morning but read about McCrystal's and others remarks last night. Knew it would hit the fan today and it looks like it has. Before reading anything else it almost looks like he wanted to go out swinging, he had to have known it would be the end when speaking out like that if in fact it's all true.
Thanks for the ping.