Somehow, I just have a difficult time imagining Gen McChrystal being intimidated by meeting with Obama on Air Force One. I imagine him sitting down while the President enters the room, and then asking him for a beer.
How do you, as a General, respect a President who places his own glory in appealing for the Olympics, over the lives of men in the armed forces who are laying their lives on the lines in Afghanistan? How do you, as a General in charge of a war, respect a President who has time to appear on David Letterman, but does not have time to talk to the Military Leaders in the past 80 days?
I imagine the situation boiling down to this “Wanna fire me? Go for it. - in the mean while make yourself useful and get me a beer”. Obama knows that if he fires the General, then the General is free to go off and write a book about his experiences serving under President Zero, and can detail the lack of leadership, experience and interest in the lives of the US Military.
If anyone would be uncomfortable after the meeting on Air Force One, I sincerely doubt it was the General.
I think you’re right. Obozo has to be thinking about 2010. McChrystal can’t be “handled.”
LMAO! Bambi isn't qualified to shine the general's boots, much less to lecture to him.
Your post made me feel a lot better about this situation. I think you are correct that General McChrystal’s standing up for his war fighters puts the Obama administration in a very tight spot. We need to support the general by pouring it on with our representatives, senators, and the white house directly. They need to sweat.