I so hope you are right, but he tried to show this week that he will “punish” anyone who does not obey his orders!!!
I think that McChrystal was fired for insubordination, correct?
If I understand the situation correctly, then BO (as much as I hate to admit it) acted properly. He *is* the Commander in Chief, and his top generals can't just thumb their noses at him, particularly in a public forum. There's discipline and a hierarchy in the military for a reason.
I agree with McChrystal's opinions, but he should have kept them to himself. Or at least not aired them out in front of an RS reporter. (geez, am I actually taking BO's side on this? sigh. I hate it!)
I saw a thread that said, more or less, that the general was too smart to get caught with his hand in the cookie jar "inadvertently", and this was done to raise awareness of what's going on in Afghanistan. That's the most rational explanation that I've heard so far.
Unless this was a trumped up mess, and the good general was canned "To encourage the others". I don't think that BO is that good, or that smart, though.
That's my $0.02. For what it's worth.
We’ve got a bunch of survivalists here in MI who ran around in the woods, shot trees and stocked food.
They are sitting in Jail and no one will let them out.