I am sick about this. You can’t fight a war with one hand tied behind your back - true then, true now. I’ve two nephews in the Marines. McChrystal is the consummate soldier, I have the utmost confidence that he has their backs (have heard personal account from another who has served with him). But having a lousy, no good lying wuss of a CIC at this time is the most dangerous thing for our men and women in uniform.
I’m sorry about your relatives, but it was clear from the election results that we were going to have to take a lickin’ in some areas to help us to concentrate our minds.