McChrystal was the author of the terrible ROEs that are getting a lot of our guys killed; I’m not sure how popular he is with the troops. However, he obviously came up with those ROE’s because there was a lot of pressure from the WH (probably Biden more than anybody, since Bambi is too incompetent even to understand what these are) to come up with something that reduced the effective fighting power of our troops and made it easier for the Taliban to use Afghan civilians as a cover up for their activities. Well, that wasn’t the stated purpose, of course, but the exaggerated moves to “protect Afghan civilians” that are at the base of these ROEs have certainly had that effect, not to mention resulting in many dead Americans and allies.
McChrystal seemed to be fine with this; but now it appears that he may have seen it as a compromise that would be a way of getting more troops and ultimately increasing American military power there. That part never happened and I think he realizes that it was intentional and that Obama really doesn’t want to win this and was setting him up. It may have been unprofessional to make these comments, and I’m sure he will be fired, but frankly, I can’t say that he’s in the wrong.
That’s all possible. Of course anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together realized from the get go that “commander zero’s” loyalties lie with his brother muslims, not the American Military and he has never had any intention of winning the afghan battle in the war against the mohammadens
I'm no fan of McChrystal either.