[Danae]

I don’t know what will happen for him.

All I do know is that Michael Yon said he would refuse to re-embed with our troops in Afghanistan if McChrystal were still in command. Yon is closer to the troops than McC could hope to be, and he knows whats going down. The troops had lost confidence in him. Yon seemed to think that things were being mismanaged over there. I tend to believe him. I am glad McC is headed out. Patraeus will be a far better leader.

[danamco]

So now Mac can join in with Lt.Col. Lakin and other lower level officers on the NBC issues!!!

[paladin1_dcs]

If you really want a good idea of what is going on in A’stan, don’t trust Yon. He was kicked out of his embed position for breaching Operation Security. If you want the truth, try starting over at Blackfive. I’ll warn you though, they don’t hold back.

www.blackfive.net

[John S Mosby]

Michael Yon is NO judge of what the troops think. McChrystal was very much liked by his command— want to know why? Because he put his own boots on the ground, all the time and in firezones and night patrols. He frequently could be found “putting his knee down” next to a soldier in combat. That is the definition of leadership- leading by example and walking the ground. Taking nothing away from Petraeus, since the libs used to call him “betray us”, and obama trashed him in the Senate- Petraeus advocated counterinsurgency (COIN). McChrystal directed for 6 years the US worldwide special operations warriors, Joint Special Operations Command, JSOC. Michael Yon is a pretty poor judge of leadership, and he might be refusing to embed because he’s scared of seeing real action.

[caww]

I saw a video of McChrystal overlording the troops, which put a bad taste in my mouth for him doing so. Didn't care for his approach to the troops, so am not missing the fact he is gone. Petraeus on the other hand, I am more confident with his style and approach to the troops...frankly I think they think so too.