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Breaking: Joe Klein on CNN just said McChrystal has submitted his resignation!
CNN Blitzer interview | Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | DGHoodini

Posted on 06/22/2010 1:25:38 PM PDT by DGHoodini

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1 posted on 06/22/2010 1:25:39 PM PDT by DGHoodini
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If true, good for him.


2 posted on 06/22/2010 1:26:40 PM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: DGHoodini

Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?


3 posted on 06/22/2010 1:27:19 PM PDT by Spok (Free Range Republican)
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I think so.


4 posted on 06/22/2010 1:27:51 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: DGHoodini

Can’t wait for his book.


5 posted on 06/22/2010 1:27:54 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: mrmeyer

If his “background comments” were what he truly believed, he should have resigned months ago.

Obama may not accept. McChrystal may be free to opine if he is no longer in the chain of command.


6 posted on 06/22/2010 1:28:06 PM PDT by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for, it matters who takes office.)
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To: DGHoodini

Good. After bammy accepts it, McChrystal can speak freely. I am very interested in what he has to say.


7 posted on 06/22/2010 1:28:08 PM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Spok
Did McChrystal plan the whole thing?

My guess too.

8 posted on 06/22/2010 1:28:18 PM PDT by Neverforget01
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To: DGHoodini
This is good.

He got out in front of being fired.

McCrystal leaves having made his case and one-up over the Won.

9 posted on 06/22/2010 1:28:59 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: DGHoodini

CNN, no confirmation yet.

FoxNews, no idea.


10 posted on 06/22/2010 1:29:10 PM PDT by TomGuy
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Good. Now he can speak out.


11 posted on 06/22/2010 1:29:46 PM PDT by crosshairs
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To: DGHoodini
EXCELLENT (I think!) The Runaway General, by Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone
12 posted on 06/22/2010 1:29:48 PM PDT by mlizzy (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee ...)
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OK, but was it HIS idea or His Ineptitude’s?


13 posted on 06/22/2010 1:29:58 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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If his “background comments” were what he truly believed, he should have resigned months ago.

I think he was hoping things would turn around.

But comments by the administraton over the last week that they were committed to the July withdrawal date were the last straw for McCrystal IMO.

14 posted on 06/22/2010 1:30:48 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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“Kenyan in Thief” wants to get some mileage out of this piece of news. He is one big POS.


15 posted on 06/22/2010 1:30:51 PM PDT by elephant
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I’m not inclined to think so, and I think he’s sorry he said it to a reporter, but I think he’s not going to back down
on why he said what he said, and feels the way he does.

But that’s just me reading tea leaves.


16 posted on 06/22/2010 1:30:55 PM PDT by DGHoodini (Iran Azadi!)
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Good for him. That’ll steal some of Zero’s thunder.


17 posted on 06/22/2010 1:31:28 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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McChrystal’s Remarks Signal the Frustrations of A General Who Knows He Cannot Win
By Gen. Paul Vallely (ret.) &

Published June 22, 2010
| FOXNews.com

Afghanistan has been a major debacle based on an errant strategy since early 2002 when General Tommy Franks and the Bush administration decided to convert the war there from an unconventional to a conventional plan. They fell into a trap and erred with a strategy of counter-insurgency warfare, i.e. nation building, before the enemy is defeated.

Our currently top military leader in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his predecessors fell into the trap as well. And now we are in unwinnable situation.

Gen. McChrystal, as well as the troops, are in a total state of frustration. Rolling Stone magazine is an interesting media venue for McChrystal to vent his frustrations. If I were McChrystal and knew I was going to be fired, I would announce my resignation before being embarrassed by a White House photo-op. And I would state emphatically why I am retiring.

Added to the mess is incompetent political and diplomatic leadership.

Nine years. No victory, no clear winnable strategy.

Maj. Gen. Paul Valley, U.S. Army (ret.) is chairman of Stand Up America.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/06/22/gen-paul-vallely-gen-stanley-mcchrystal-rolling-stone-afghanistan-frustrated/


18 posted on 06/22/2010 1:31:29 PM PDT by kcvl
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Good, now he can speak freely on the fraud that is the Obama Administration. I dont know why some got so outraged, what he said was true. Obama is a big fraud and a dumb ass, oh what a shock


19 posted on 06/22/2010 1:31:40 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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McChrystal For President in 2012 Campaign?
20 posted on 06/22/2010 1:32:12 PM PDT by Dem Guard (Throw the trash out on November 2nd!)
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