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2010-06-23 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2010-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 NO.

Posted by newc 2010-06-23 00:23|| 2010-06-23 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 He has already resigned, when will TheWan accept, is the question.

Posted by tipper 2010-06-23 01:46|| 2010-06-23 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 #19 Thiswas deliberate. I do love the irony. Rolling stone, the most liberal of all rags in America, The general calls out the prez on his home turf! I do love it. If zero fires him he will be cleared hot to tell all about Zero and his mismanagement of the war. More popcorn please!!! Posted by 49 Pan (frm yesterday)

Suggested McChrystal book title: 'Rules of Disengagement - The Road to Defeat'

Posted by Besoeker 2010-06-23 02:04|| 2010-06-23 02:04|| Front Page Top

#4 This may not be popular but IMHO McChrystal should resign and deservedly so. The military does not make policy and Generals DO NOT outrank Presidents. If the general wants to criticize the President, he should do it in civilian clothes. It was wrong for MacArthur and its wrong for McChrystal.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-06-23 08:50|| 2010-06-23 08:50|| Front Page Top

#5
Best Outcome for Everyone: McChrystal submits resignation, 0bama publicly refuses to accept it.

Posted by Parabellum 2010-06-23 10:11|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-06-23 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Agree with Cyber Sarge. If he has such a problem with his boss the honorable thing to do is resign and then start talking instead of talking first and waiting for the boss to fire him. Nonetheless, it's fun to watch people tell OBummer to Take This Job and Shove It.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-06-23 11:56|| 2010-06-23 11:56|| Front Page Top

#7 If Barry doesn't have the kiwis to do it maybe he can outsource it to the Sec. of State.

The McC resignation question is a matter of honor. Barry doesn't do honor very well he's more into ego. The administration will denigrate McC but let him stay.

Posted by Victor Emmanuel Whong3584 2010-06-23 13:02|| 2010-06-23 13:02|| Front Page Top

#8 I read the whole article. McC only directly refers to problems w/Holbrooke & Biden. I prolly wouldn't have done the same but can't say as I blame him - both those guys are clowns.

The majority of the negative remarks abt WH admin comes from His *un-named* staff members who insinuate issues & opinions he has of Eikenberry, Kerry & McCain. McC never openly disparages Obama - all comments of their initial meeting are made by un-named advisors or officials. Also, I found a lot of the verbage attributed to his advisors totally antithetical & far below what I've ever heard field or flag grade officers ever utter - (f-bombs every other sentence?) especially in front of a civilian reporter? - not to mention one from Rolling Stone(d). However, if all this is true then it's very un-professional & just plain stupid - I know the way I was raised in the USMC - I would never discuss gray issues like this in front of a reporter. These guys had to know the likely outcome - they were fucking themselves and Gen McC -- which makes it seem even more bizarre to me. If he saw this before it went to print and blessed off on it then Methinx McC knew the shit storm this would create and was pre-staging himself to get out of the job. I bet this was also an attempt to embarass the WH into action - either pullout or kick up the heat.

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-06-23 13:31|| 2010-06-23 13:31|| Front Page Top

#9 BTW - to clariy - I'm not condoning any of the remarks these guys made - if any of them had an issue w/the political direction of the war then they should've manned up and did the adult thing - resign. By sniping at the political clowns above them they seem to me pretty sophomoric.

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-06-23 13:35|| 2010-06-23 13:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Sophomoric or not, it serves a purpose.

Posted by gorb 2010-06-23 13:56|| 2010-06-23 13:56|| Front Page Top

#11 The only reason I can think of for doing this Rolling Stones piece was that perhaps they didn't think they could bring enough they didn't speak until after they resigned. That would allow the lefty press to ignore them as quitters yadda yadda and therefore their opinion is unqualified for mainstream exposure.

Posted by Mike N. 2010-06-23 14:23|| 2010-06-23 14:23|| Front Page Top

#12 I would fresign before taking orders from the idiot POTUS we have now. Then make the thousands on the speaking tours.

Posted by chris 2010-06-23 21:51|| 2010-06-23 21:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Obama didn't accept his resignation from teh Army - just as Commander, US Forces Afghanistan.

Posted by Pappy 2010-06-23 23:02|| 2010-06-23 23:02|| Front Page Top

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