[Kartographer]

‘Zero” pushing for a revolution period!

[dalebert]

a bunch of huge choppers just passed over my moms house in se ok.....

[Mamzelle]

Is his name really spelled “McChrystal” and not “McCrystal”?

[Jeff Head]

This revolt of the Admirals is following on the heals of the already started revolt of the people.

912: AMERICA AWAKENS IN 2009

[Frantzie]

Judge Carter is/was a Marine who was seriously wounded in Vietnam.

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[NonValueAdded]

¶2: A few days later, Johnson announced that the aviation assets of the US Marine Corps would be transferred to the Air Force, a plan quickly dropped after Congress had a fit at the news.

First thought was that couldn't be LBJ. Search shows that is Louis A Johnson, SecDef under Truman.

[clintonh8r]

Recently-ordained folk hero Harry Truman got royally bitch-slapped. You bees next, 0bama.....

[SonOfDarkSkies]

The Fringe Media may still be supporting Obama, but the CIA and the military are taking a very close look at their CIC...and the Generals are obviously are shocked by what they are learning.

I would suspect that there may be much more to this matter with McChrystal than what appears in the news.

[PreciousLiberty]

In terms of the overall security of the country, 0bama's push for "a nuclear weapon free world" is what ought to truly trigger an "Admiral's Revolt".

The demise of F-22 production, which could have continued for the same $2 billion that the Feds borrowed to extend the "Cash for Clunkers" program is another example of the stupidity of the 0bama administration.

[TomasUSMC]

More bombs less bullets is the solution for rubblestan. It makes no sense to build a stable ISLAMIC country. We already have Saudi Arabia and they are the ones espousing Wahhabi nutjobs, and keep gasoline prices high.

Its not the mountains or the opium or the tribes...its the Religion of islam

Kill islam first.

[workerbee]

That he’d betray our military and the country as part of a plan to “transform” the country is dawning on a lot of people who thought otherwise.

"Transform" being Democommiespeak for "destroy".

[Sequoyah101]

I think this is exactly what obozo wants. Get rid of the flag officers to replace them with dupes, minions and cronies. Flag officers are a threat to him. In spite of having clawed their way to the top of the heap by skill, qualification, endurance and stepping through a political minefield ...most do have some greater measure of Character, Principal, Ethics and alliegance ot the Constitution than obozo can tolerate.

All part of the obozo takeover plan as far as I am concerned. Weaken and disgust the military so they are demoralized, leaderless, disgusted and no longer a threat to anyone.

[danamco]

Our military people is NOT in the blind of the usurper’s treason, PTL!!!

[blackminorca]

And didnt Forrestal die under very mysterious circumstances? Its ironic that they named the new class of carriers after him.

[TSgt]

Thank you for posting this.

Very educational! Why I like FR! :)

[TSgt]

I had to share this hysterical post at the bottom of this article:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/09/22/2076663.aspx

So, let me get this straight: the plan for the war that Obama implemented is not working, the situation on the ground is getting worse, the general he put in charge is recommending a change in course,and obamawants to keep the plan but do LESS of it? I was afraid that Obamawould be Jimmy Carter part 2, but I was wrong. Jimmy Carter had a modicum of common sense, despite having seen aliens in 1969, and his well documented fear of killer rabbits. Obama just has an ego. Which must be fed, frequently.

[OldCorps]

I just don't see any parallels here.

The revolt of the admirals was over roles and missions (in which the USAF tried to displace traditional funding for some elements of national strategy away from the Navy). For those who have never worked in the pentagon, such inter-service squabbling takes place all the time, on a smaller scale, admittedly, with the USAF as the usual interloper attempting to take funding from the army and navy.

The debate taking place now is more serious; lives of soldiers already deployed in a war zone are at stake and the occupant of the white house seems indifferent to their well being.

I can't think of a single instance in U.S. military history where the president (so called in this case, because in my mind, his legitimacy is still questionable) has shown such cavalier disregard for the lives of soldiers in a war zone.

[Nosterrex]

I have mixed feelings about the military and politics. I have always believed that the military should be nonpolitical, but it has taken me a long time to realize that the military has been political for decades. Maybe the private in the foxhole is not political, but the top brass is all about politics. These commanders are political appointees and their positions of power are not based upon military merit. It's all about whose political butt you are willing to kiss. If these generals and admirals were primarily concerned for those under them, they would all resign as a protest against Obama’s policies. I can't imagine how anyone could knowingly send men and women in harms way for a lost cause.

[gunnyg]

???

http://www.network54.com/Forum/578302/thread/1253663715/last-1253663715/Gunny+G-+Fallon+Resigns%85.Yeah%2C+The+Same+Adm+Fallon%85Who+Derided+Petraeus+as+Suck-Up%2C+....