Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
President Obama states General McChrystal showed "poor judgement" (Video)
A.K.A. he is getting canned....
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Expect General McChrystal to be FIRED, an explosive on the record article by Rolling Stone...
Damn the Rolling Stone has been scooping EVERYONE....
It is not on line but politico.com has it here in PDF format.....
Expect Obama to fire him or he gives his resignation. McChrystal and his aides put this all down to a Rolling Stone reporter, ON RECORD.
All I can say is this, for a career man totally irresponsible and undisciplined on his part.
Anyway, enjoy!!!!
[UPDATE]
And McChrystal being summoned to the White House to explain these comments to the Commander in Chief. Show down, tomorrow.
The move comes a day after General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, apologized for comments by his aides insulting some of President Barack Obama's closest advisers in an article to be published in Rolling Stone magazine.
The controversy comes at an inopportune time for Obama, who already is dealing with huge BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, trying to get financial industry reform legislation through Congress and hoping to prevent Republicans from taking back control of Congress in November elections.
An Obama administration official said McChrystal had been directed to appear in person at Wednesday's Afghanistan meeting at the White House "to explain to the Pentagon and the commander-in-chief his quotes in the piece about his colleagues."
From Wall Street Journal:
In the eight-page article, released to reporters on Monday ahead of publication, McChrystal appears to belittle Vice President Joe Biden and accuses Karl Eikenberry, the U.S. ambassador to Kabul, of undermining his war plan within the administration.
Asked by the Rolling Stone reporter about what he now feels of the war strategy advocated by Biden last fall – fewer troops, more drone attacks – the article reports that McChrystal and his aides attempted to come up with a good one-liner to dismiss the question. “Are you asking about Vice President Biden?” McChrystal reportedly jokes. “Who’s that?”
Later in the article, McChrystal turns more serious when asked about cables sent last fall to Washington by Eikenberry. The cables called into question the major troop increase advocated by McChrystal’s team and the U.S.’s backing of Afghan President Hamid Karzai – views that the ambassador had not previously raised with McChrystal or his staff.
“I like Karl, I’ve known him for years, but they’d never said anything like that to us before,” McChrystal is quoted as saying. “Here’s one that covers his flank for the history books. Now if we fail, they can say, ‘I told you so.’”
The article, titled “The Runaway General,” has already caused nervousness inside the Pentagon, where memories are still fresh of another blistering profile that got a top commander in hot water: an August 2008 cover story in Esquire on Adm. William “Fox” Fallon, then commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia. The article eventually played a part in Fallon’s resignation two years ago.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Special Comment by Keith Olbermann on Afghanistan, Barack Obama and General McChrystal (Video)
Again, who the hell is advising Obama? 35K more troops? For what? And how long are we going to continue to pay 10B+ a month while Americans are being nickled and dimed on proper health care coverage, constantly being told "We can't afford it". But, we continue to throw money to this shit? Please. And Micheal Moore is right.
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Cross-posted @ Daily Kos
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Obama, McChystal on Air Force One
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama meets with General Stanley McChrystal and his wife
President Barack Obama summoned his top commander in Afghanistan for a 25-minute meeting aboard Air Force Oneon Friday as part of his review of a war strategy that has divided the president's national security team.
Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Obama met just before the president returned to Washington from Copenhagen, where he was pitching the International Olympic Committee on Chicago's bid to host the 2016 games.
McChrystal had been in London, where he said in a speech Thursday that insurgents are gaining strength in Afghanistan and more troops are needed to "buy time" for the Afghan military and police forces to prepare to take control of the country in 2013. read more here....
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