I think you’re missing the point. A US Army General called a private citizen and asked him to engage in self-censorship.
I think the outrage is that a US Army General is mostly occupied with the very complicated job of drawing up plans for holding on to enemy territory during times of war. His job isn’t to ask law-abiding citizens to self-censor because Libya decided to declare war on the US by invading our embassy.
I would like to see the reaction from Russia had their embassy had been invaded.
See 193, above.