Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal..... (enemies, Afghanistan, speech)

[Kendrick G]

The relationship between President Barack Obama and the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan has been put under severe strain by Gen Stanley McChrystal's comments on strategy for the war.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...hanistan.html#

[GregW]

If I were Obama, I would demand the General's resignation. Generals follow policy, not make it.

[Dockside]

Dump the general and put Biden in charge...that'll get the enemies attention.

[wjtwet]

Originally Posted by GregW

If I were Obama, I would demand the General's resignation. Generals follow policy, not make it.

agreed truman fired Mcarthur for much the same thing. even if the general is right makes no difference

[ecvMatt]

Originally Posted by GregW

If I were Obama, I would demand the General's resignation. Generals follow policy, not make it.

Don't you think that would fuel the growing contempt the military has for him?

If indeed the President is not communicating with him well, perhaps he felt it was the only way to get his message to Obama. Personally, I don't think it was very tactful, and it certainly wont win him any favor with the White House.

[Dockside]

Originally Posted by wjtwet

agreed truman fired Mcarthur for much the same thing. even if the general is right makes no difference

Obama is no Truman, and he needs all the help from the military he can get.

[oz in SC]

Originally Posted by wjtwet

agreed truman fired Mcarthur for much the same thing. even if the general is right makes no difference

LOL....screw the troops dying because some idiot in DC got upset.

[Rggr]

He should not have gone outside of the chain of command like that. The chain of command should talk to him and give him a response.

[Xplorer]

To me this just shows Obama' incompetence. He should want to sit down with his generals, etc etc, and decide on a strategy.

[oz in SC]

As was posted elsewhere about this:

How to fight the war and/or how many troops to use is NOT foreign policy. The decision to "Go and achieve X outcome in X location" is a foreign policy matter, how it happens in-theater should be left up to the experts in that field, with reasonable restrictions (no raping, pillaging, plundering). That's what we pay the folks in uniform for.