Poor Obama...not! Death by a thousand cuts. Keep em coming.
“Death by a thousand cuts.”
Maybe this is exactly how McChrystal envisioned things playing out. He loses the battle, but wins the war. He’s given other officers or soldiers a chance to say “Well, I can’t support his speaking out, but from the people I talk to in the military, most would say that he was right on the substance of what he said.” This type of statement isn’t insubordinate since all the person is doing is confirming that McChrystal should respect the chain of command and then reporting on a subjective impression without personally weighing in on whether McChrystal’s substantive comments were accurate.