[Siena Dreaming]

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.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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.

The comments in the article appear to have come over a long period of time, and well before last week.