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McChrystal / Rolling Stone Interview: Obama Will Be The Only Loser
RFFM.org ^ | June 23, 2010 | Daniel T. Zanoza

Posted on 06/22/2010 11:36:25 PM PDT by Daniel T. Zanoza

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1 posted on 06/22/2010 11:36:28 PM PDT by Daniel T. Zanoza
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza

WAKE UP AMERICA




2 posted on 06/22/2010 11:43:55 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: BobP

Obama knows he’s a fraud.


3 posted on 06/22/2010 11:46:18 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza
The USA is the loser. obama is just a pos.
4 posted on 06/22/2010 11:54:36 PM PDT by tdscpa
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza

I am sure the bamster and bite me will find a way to blame Bush/Cheney for McCrystal.


5 posted on 06/23/2010 12:11:09 AM PDT by skimask ("To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.")
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza

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6 posted on 06/23/2010 12:27:48 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza
Obviously, McChrystal's willingness to tell it like it is demonstrates he is a special man.

B.S. Where was that integrity in the Pat Tillman investigation? Where is that integrity in the Afghanistan RoE?

All this boils down to is that GEN McChyrstal is very angry at DC politicians (understandable) and let it slip in some remarks to a Rolling Stone journalist. I haven't been able to read the article, but it sounds like most of the negative comments came from his staff and aides.

Contrary to popular belief, the military doesn't rob people of their personal opinions and convictions, and this attempt to practically deify GEN McChrystal b/c he doesn't like the current CinC is ridiculous.

7 posted on 06/23/2010 12:40:14 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza

If McChrystal is the warrior Michael Savage and others say he is , why did Obama appoint him in the first place IF Obama had no intention of winning the war ? McChrystal voted for Obama and is a Hilary fan . Why give an interview to commie dope smoking anti-America Rolling Stone ? Somethings smells here ...


8 posted on 06/23/2010 1:28:14 AM PDT by sushiman (1)
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Reminds me of a unit commander back in the day at Fort Sill, OK. At the time there were some very strict weather considerations that “had” to occur each spring before one was allowed to turn on the air conditioning in their quarters, even the highest officers. If it hadn’t reached a heat index of something like 95 degrees 3 out of 5 consecutive days you weren’t allowed to turn on the AC.

His wife ratted him out to other wives at a coffee, telling us that he had discovered they actually locked the controls to all the a/c units on post and could only be unlocked by the MPs. He had apparently gone out at midnight one night and tried to force the thing on, telling his wife, “what are they going to do to me, draft me into the Army and send me to Fort Sill?” Turned out he still couldn’t manage it, and he was still stuck in the Army at Fort Sill.


9 posted on 06/23/2010 1:33:35 AM PDT by BuckyKat (Green is the new red.)
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To: Future Snake Eater

The text of the “P4” memo, about the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, that then-Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal sent on April 29, 2004, to Gen. John Abizaid, then head of U.S. Central Command; Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown, then head of the U.S. Special Operations Command; and Lt. Gen. Philip R. Kensinger, then head of the Army Special Operations Command.

Sir,

In the aftermath of Corporal Patrick Tillman’s untimely yet heroic death in Afghanistan on 22 April 04, it is anticipated that a 15-6 investigation nearing completion will find that it is highly possible that Corporal Tillman was killed by friendly fire. This potential finding is exacerbated by the unconfirmed but suspected reports that POTUS and the secretary of the Army might include comments about Corporal Tillman’s heroism and his approved Silver Star medal in speeches currently being prepared, not knowing the specifics surrounding his death.

The potential that he might have been killed by friendly fire in no way detracts from his witnessed heroism or the recommended personal decoration for valor in the face of the enemy. Corporal Tillman was killed in a complicated battlespace geometry involving two separate Ranger vehicle serials traversing through severe terrain along a winding 500-600 foot defile in which friendly forces were fired upon by multiple enemy positions. Corporal Tillman disembarked from his vehicle, and in support of his fellow Rangers and demonstrating great concern for their welfare over care for his own safety entered the enemy kill-zone into which both enemy and friendly fire impacted.

I felt that it was essential that you received this information as soon as we detected it in order to preclude any unknowing statements by our country’s leaders which might cause public embarrassment if the circumstances of Corporal Tillman’s death become public.

———Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal


10 posted on 06/23/2010 2:07:52 AM PDT by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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To: sushiman
Sushiman, yes something smells here, and Rush missed it on his show tuesday.

The McCrystal insiders said they liked Hillary and she was giving them what they needed.

This Rolling Stone story is a plant and we have been had, follow me on this.....

I have been noticing all the Hillary Dems, the Mort Zuchermann's, the Carville's of the world coming out against the Anointed One. They (The Clinton's) still have contacts in the media, and I see their game plan calling in some old chits, planting seeds of doubt about Oboingo's leadership, Carville on the Gulf along with all the clowns on CNBC and Mo Dowd, can't anyone see them lining this up.

The question I have is what us the connection of this Rolling Stone writer to Hilda?

Me thinks the big power-play liberals are having buyers remorse, will not pull the "R" lever, but are looking for the 2012 version of the 2004 "Acceptable Dean", i.e. a John Kerry for 2012, and it is Hilda.

We have been played....

11 posted on 06/23/2010 3:02:09 AM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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I think I heard Rush say something yesterday that may explain all this. If I understood correctly, MyChrystal is not stupid. (Firstly) Apparently there had been some White House planning to announce support for the timeline and closing down of the war. The general “preempted” this with this article. Now, in order to “take the moral high ground” Zero and friends have to thump their chests and get into a frenzy about how “this general has undermined their war effort”. Now Zero has to embrace the war and “own” it in order to react to this general. If this is true it is a masterstroke of strategy on the part of the general. Knowing his oponent’s weakness (his narcissim) he said things that weren’t really insubordinate and things we all know to probably be true. Zero probably was pretty nervous in a room full of generals. LOL. He let his staff say things to the reporter that allowed the “journalist” to cobble this article which probably came out just as the general figured it would (how hard was that to predict, fer cryin’ out loud? “The Rolling Stone”? C’mon!)

The general’s strategy is working, too. Gibbs, Zero, all of them have loudly proclaimed their “unending support for (the war)”. Zero up against MyChrystal reminds me of the old saying about taking a knife to a gunfight...


12 posted on 06/23/2010 4:02:29 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To your point about the next general election, I can see a contingent of House and Senate power brokers going up to the Whitehouse aka: nixonian like and telling Zero 2012 re- election isn’t going to happen


13 posted on 06/23/2010 4:29:46 AM PDT by Popman (Obama Presidential Timber: Worm Eaten Balsa Wood)
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Popman....

Sooner than that. I have read where some Wonk that has been real good at prognostication forsees them even asking Oboingo to go soon, and we end up with Biden/Hillary.

14 posted on 06/23/2010 4:43:19 AM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: Daniel T. Zanoza; Old Sarge; SandRat; txradioguy
Those who play the political game, no matter their qualifications, often advance to positions of highest authority.

Yep, there are a lot of @$$ kissers that get to the top by wearing out cases of kneepads. Sad to say, but our current crop of officers knows this and they will do anything to get higher up the chain. It's not who you know, it's who you blow.

15 posted on 06/23/2010 5:19:23 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2. / Progressive is a PC word for liberal democrat.)
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I walked past a TV the other day and saw a news segment where the popularity of Obama and Hillary were compared. Hillary is on top, Obama is behind. Republicans (they said) were far behind both.

It's all manipulation. The next race is expected to be between Hillary and Sarah Palin, and Hillary is being positioned as the popular one with all the experience.

16 posted on 06/23/2010 5:27:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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It's all manipulation. The next race is expected to be between Hillary and Sarah Palin, and Hillary is being positioned as the popular one with all the experience.

Yes it is Clear....

2 things just hit me reading your post.

All the Conservative talkers are talking about should he or shouldn't he have said it and or resigned.

I am going to go out on a limb here.

Not only are they being manipulated, Hillary is way ahead, 3 level chess ahead, maybe even ahead of Palin.

My Bombshell....

McCrystal is Hillary's V.P. Candidate when she runs.

Think of it, he is a Spec-Op career officer that has a get-er-done atittude, and gives her Military gravitas, on top of all over her "other" experience, and has a wedge issue for the pro-military South. She can carry middle of the road Dems and RINO's with a pro-military bent with him aboard.

We are being set up....

17 posted on 06/23/2010 5:38:21 AM PDT by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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Good point -- I think you may be on to something.

Wesley Clark is past his expiration date, and the Democrats need a new military man who can give them cover. Hillary understands how this game is played.

18 posted on 06/23/2010 5:43:05 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: skimask

Obama needs to be impeached, tried for treason and sent to Gitmo to rot with his muslim buddies.


19 posted on 06/23/2010 5:56:08 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: taildragger; ASA Vet; BIGLOOK; Ernest_at_the_Beach; tubebender; BOBTHENAILER

“McCrystal is Hillary’s V.P. Candidate when she runs.

Think of it, he is a Spec-Op career officer that has a get-er-done atittude, and gives her Military gravitas, on top of all over her “other” experience, and has a wedge issue for the pro-military South. She can carry middle of the road Dems and RINO’s with a pro-military bent with him aboard.

We are being set up....”

Exactly, look at all the BS polls released just before this happened about how Shrill is better than anyone.

Then, she is on record that “Stan” should get whatever he wants.

Excellent summary and projections about what may happen!


20 posted on 06/23/2010 8:29:35 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DESTROYING AMERICA-LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE!)
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