I’m certainly not a military expert, but it seems to me that we either go in to win, or we don’t bother. I’m really not willing to spend our soldier’s lives if we are just playing politics. I consider every one of those soldiers like I would my own child and I would not waste one life just so a politician could make political points. I believe Bush felt each loss personally. I don’t think Obama gives a rats patootie, because it’s all about him.
Obama will fire him, too??????
Why should they be. Civilians make decisions about goals, the military carries them out.
Obama doesn’t “consult” with anyone...he tells us what’s coming our way...whether we like it or not.
It’s pretty clear to me that General McChrystal’s actions were intentional. He’s not an idiot (political votes aside) and the article was going to be the obvious result of the ‘30-day inbed’ by Hastings. With this candid statement by General Petraeus, could it be that McChrystal and Petraeus have ingeniously played the poseur and have now taken control of our Afghan war? At this point, Petraeus cannot be fired.
This should in itself be an impeachable offense.
How can one who took the oath to protect the people of America possibly do this without the military input?