[uncbob]

I say mind-boggling because if McChrystal’s staff had come out with this in the first few hours of the furore on Tuesday morning then the entire narrative of the week would have changed and the general might very well still be in his job today.

Yeah right--insults off the record don't matter

And BTW I think the American public has a right to know what the military from the generals down to the Pfcs think about those that send them to war

[marktwain]

“Yeah right—insults off the record don't matter”

That is exactly correct. You are allowed to have your private opinions, but you are not allowed them in a public forum. I read the article. McCrystal never was quoted as disparaging President Obama, only his aids, and now we learn, only in private after drinking a good bit.