Liberals Attack Against McChrystal Begins

[Sinatra]

And so one of the most highly regarded military commanders of the modern era now faces attacks from the liberal left of America for having the audacity to speak his mind regarding Afghanistan - the very conflict he was hand-picked to oversee by the Obama White House...

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Sack the general; stop the war
Gen. McChrystal the lobbyist is wrong about Afghanistan

Wednesday, October 07, 2009
By Dan Simpson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

what part of "don't post an article in its entirety don't you get, exactly?-del



Read more: Sack the general; stop the war

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Sack the general; stop the war

 

[WillowTree]

You knew it would happen. As surely as the tide goes out and death and taxes. The librals will seek and destroy.









[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIiUqfxFttM]YouTube - Frank Sinatra - That's Life[/ame]

 

[REVxERIK]

i'm liberal and i love mchrystal..

 

[Sinatra]

You knew it would happen. As surely as the tide goes out and death and taxes. The librals will seek and destroy.









YouTube - Frank Sinatra - That's Life

Indeed.

And bless you for the video clip!!!!

A wonderful little produced clip, yes?

 

[Sinatra]

i'm liberal and i love mchrystal..

Then you best stand up for him in whatever way you can - because the campaign to destroy him is now underway...

 

[REVxERIK]

mchrystal is an intelligent and heroic man, people on both sides of the spectrum should have nothing but respect for him

 

[REVxERIK]

i will defend his name wherever i need to

 

[Si modo]

i'm liberal and i love mchrystal..

On the rest, though, we knew it would happen. McChrystal was frank and told the truth. It just so happened, that didn't look good for BHO. Can't have that.

 

[Sinatra]

i will defend his name wherever i need to

Good!

 

[REVxERIK]

i will defend his name wherever i need to

Good!

it's like with the troops, even though i think we got into the war pointlessly, there are now things there that need need to fight for.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

The left HATES the military.. this is old news. All that crap of "we support the troops, just not the war" and other such nonsense is just that.. NONSENSE. The only military folks they approve of are vermin like Carter, Clark, Powell and Kerry.

 

[REVxERIK]

The left HATES the military.. this is old news. All that crap of "we support the troops, just not the war" and other such nonsense is just that.. NONSENSE. The only military folks they approve of are vermin like Carter, Clark, Powell and Kerry.

carter no. powell, kinda.

 

[Sinatra]

SLATE also piling on in the attacks against McChrystal now - throwing out a possible charge of insubordination against him...

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Insubordination?

Should Gen. McChrystal stop speaking publicly about Afghan war strategy?

...Was McChrystal exercising his right to free speech and his obligation to express his honest military judgment—or was he broaching the military chain of command and the constitutional principle of civilian control over the armed forces?

...Still, the key moment came when someone in the audience asked him whether a pared-down counterterrorism strategy would work in Afghanistan—a strategy merely of hunting down Taliban fighters rather than a counterinsurgency strategy, which would focus on protecting the Afghan population. McChrystal replied, "The short answer is: No."

He didn't mention any officials, but it is well-known that Vice President Joe Biden has been pushing for just such a pared-down strategy and that the option, among others, has been discussed in President Obama's strategic-review sessions.

...Meanwhile, McChrystal's public pronouncement and Gates' indirect rebuke fall nowhere near the realm of a constitutional crisis. But they do hint at the sorts of tensions that the war might sire and that Obama and Gates will have to damp down.

Should Gen. McChrystal stop speaking publicly about Afghan war strategy? - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine

 

[Sunni Man]

I respect Gen. Mchrystal as a dedicated soldier and a warrior.

But the OP is correct, in that Afghanistain is a lost cause; much like Vietnam.

 

[Sinatra]

Liberal Chicago Columnist Eugene Robinson declares "Generals should shut up and salute"


RealClearPolitics - Generals Need to Shut Up and Salute

 

[REVxERIK]

Liberal Chicago Columnist Eugene Robinson declares "Generals should shut up and salute"


RealClearPolitics - Generals Need to Shut Up and Salute

shameful.

 

[rayboyusmc]

More right wing hypocrisy?

Shinseki, anyone?

 

[Sinatra]

The Huff Post describing McChrystal as "assaulting" the chain of command and the Constitution...


David Sirota: McChrystal's Assault on the Chain of Command and the Constitution - and the Need for Pushback

 

[REVxERIK]

More right wing hypocrisy?

Shinseki, anyone?

oh yes, the rumsfeld shinseki clash.

 

[bodecea]

The left HATES the military.. this is old news. All that crap of "we support the troops, just not the war" and other such nonsense is just that.. NONSENSE. The only military folks they approve of are vermin like Carter, Clark, Powell and Kerry.

So, I hate myself? Noose hates himself? All the rest of us Leftie Veterans hate ourselves?