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...
Excellent synopsis.