The War Between Obama and McChrystal Is Over — Obama Lost

Pajamas Media ^ | June 24, 2010 | Dan Miller

[DanMiller]

Following a thirty minute meeting with President Obama, General McChrystal departed the White House “before Obama convened a regularly scheduled war planning meeting there.” That was a pretty good indication of what was to come. An announcement that General McChrystal had been relieved of his command by President Obama was made later on June 23. General McChrystal is to be replaced by General Petraeus.

[DanMiller]

General McChrystal is not stupid; few four star combat generals are. Nor is he naive. I assume that he granted extended access to Rolling Stone' reporter with his eyes wide open and with full knowledge of the sorts of things people in his position can and can't safely say and permit to be said by their aides. It got him out of a probably lost cause in Afghanistan and quite probably into a non-military venue where he may be able to do some useful things for the country. There is no longer a place for him in the Army, unless he wants to go down in history as the highest ranking senior officer ever to command a mess kit repair battalion in Alaska. There may well be a place for him in politics. His contest with President Obama, which I think he won, would give him significant pulling power with many voters and his outspoken lack of reverence for the powers that be would be far better employed in the Congress than as a serving military officer. His failure to claim that he and his aides were misquoted, or that they misspoke, and to offer a non-apology apology would also stand him in good stead.

[Sunshine Sister]

I agree. You can only go for so long in a situation like he was in. Obummer can’t take away his military designations or his honor. We know who the hero is and nothing can change that!

[Aria]

I can’t get over him saying he voted for Obama. I thought he was supposed to be smart?

[flying_bullet]

This means he’s available for the 2nd Continental Army.

[Scotswife]

It does appear McChrystal has a glaring weakness.
He is a liberal.

He is a liberal who felt comfortable bringing along a Rolling Stone reporter, and granting that reporter from that RAG a whole lot of access.

I wonder if - as many highpowered liberals do - he assumed his liberalism would protect him from being the anal exam that media libs give to other members of the military?

[Scotswife]

should read “being subjected to the anal exam”

[ILS21R]

General McChrystal is not stupid

Yes he is stupid. He voted for Obama and that puts him in the idiot category with everyone else.

[libs_kma]

I have to agree I think he went into this whole thing with Rolling Stone with eyes wide open, but voting for Obama in the first place makes me truly question the mans judgement.

If he thought Obama was up to the task of running a 7/11, much less the country, then he was delusional at best and a fool at worst.

[sickoflibs]

When does he get the contract with FNC?

[Mobties]

Well, he could always apply for the job of football coach at West Point.

[Savage Beast]

General McChrystal should have presented his grievances to President Obama directly and in no uncertain terms. If President Obama refused to remedy General McChrystal’s grievances, the General should have resigned and held a press conference to explain to the public his grievances and the reason for his resignation.

[wtc911]

There's only one thing I want to see McChrystal do is retire from service and hit the Sunday shows non-stop talking truth about what this pos-potus is doing to the military.

If he walks away and quits the fight then he loses my respect, regardless of what else he might do.

[mazda77]

SPOT ON! What we are seeing is an attempted ressurection of his military and special ops victories to cover up the fact that he had an evaluative bent that overexposed anything that he had done before. The fact that he voted for Obama followed by his willing and “faithful execution” of the ROE’s that has gotten many of our best KIA needlessly.

It only takes one OS to erase a boat load of “attaboys”. In his case, he wiped out an entire fleet of boatloads. It is nothing more than the same crap we went through during VietNam.

So what did his “faithful execution” of Obama’s orders get him? Being the sacrifical lamb to bring the pResident up in the polls by the MSM equating him with the the McClellan and MacAurthur scenarios.

Isn’t it also an irony that all three were “macs”? Maybe just one more “mac” needs to lose his current position.

[kabar]

Maybe McChrystal knows McCain from dealing with him in Congress.

[ProudFossil]

It does appear McChrystal has a glaring weakness. He is a liberal. He is a liberal who felt comfortable bringing along a Rolling Stone reporter, and granting that reporter from that RAG a whole lot of access. I wonder if - as many highpowered liberals do - he assumed his liberalism would protect him from being the anal exam that media libs give to other members of the military?

I disagree with part of your statement(s). Maybe he is a liberal but I also think he is a smart and crafty liberal. I believe he realized that any statements he made to the "standard" MSM would be doctored up, changed, edited, mis-quoted and then would be further botched up in the re-reporting of them. By going to a media such as Rolling Stones he bypasses the NYT, WSJ, LA Times, mindset. He ensured his message would get out.

I also believe he did the interview with the precise goal of being dropped from the Afghan mess. It has become obvious that the White House has no idea on how to run a war and General McChrystal did not want to be pegged as the reason the strategy failed. He is smart enough to know that he would become the scapegoat for the failing policies of the great Zero. I admire him for doing what needed to be done. He has saved his reputation and I think enhanced it (even if he is a liberal). Remember Truman was a liberal and Reagan was a liberal. Fortunately Truman was a smart liberal and Reagan had the intelligence to change.

[mathluv]

It may be that he thought o was better than mac. If mac had not chosen Sarah, I am not sure how I would have voted. I did not like any of the choices. I am still not convinced mac or helary would have been any better. CONGRESS is too lib.

[CAluvdubya]

I can’t get over him saying he voted for Obama. I thought he was supposed to be smart?

I'm not happy about him banning FOX news from the troops.

I remember hearing this a while ago and wondered then what sort of man was in charge.

[Scotswife]

how often have you read Rolling Stone magazine?

[Renderofveils]

When does he get the contract with FNC?

Just as soon as Hannity decides he needs another Alan Colmes.

[wintertime]

I can’t get over him saying he voted for Obama. I thought he was supposed to be smart?
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Yeah, my thoughts exactly. And,...He banned Fox News?

If he did go into politics, it would be on the side of the socialists/Marxists? Would conservatives want him? I surely wouldn't.