Doug Giles,Townhall.com- Unless you live on the oil-saturated bottom of the Gulf of Mexico,you’re probably well aware that our President,who happens to have skin thinner than that of an Iberian Ribbed Newt,fired General Stanley McChrystal for committing the unpardonable sin:He told the ugly truth about [...] By John R. Guardiano,American Spectator President Obama agrees with me:General McChrystal is not guilty of insubordination. "Stan McChrystal has always shown great courtesy and carried out my orders faithfully"[emphasis added],Obama said Wednesday. But what about "bad judgment"? Were General McChrystal and his staff guilty of [...] By Patrick J. Buchanan,Human Events In confiding to Rolling Stone their unflattering opinions of the military acumen of Barack Obama,Joe Biden,National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones,Dick Holbrooke and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry,Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his staff were guilty of colossal stupidity. And [...] By Aaron Gee,American Thinker The headlines this morning are all about General McChrystal and an article in Rolling Stone. My prediction is that this episode will extend far longer than it should,and will be used as much and as often as possible to separate Obama from his failures in Afghanistan. [...] By JENNIFER LOVEN and ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Writers A senior administration official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama has accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s resignation as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with Gen. David Petraeus,head of U.S. Central Command. McChrystal [...] By Dick Morris And Eileen McGann General Stanley McChrystal’s interview in Rolling Stone Magazine will do a lot to damage further President Obama’s standing among liberals and Democrats and will undermine his chances of keeping control of Congress in 2010. To conservative voters and commentators,his comments [...] This is a full text pdf of the profile by Rolling Stone which has caused an uproar this week against General McChyrstal. But it also exposes the military’s distrust and lack of confidence in Obama and his National Security Team. Read it here. [...] CNN- Gen. Stanley McChrystal met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday morning —a meeting that may have decided McChrystal’s fate in the wake of politically explosive remarks the general and his aides made about key Obama administration officials in Rolling Stone magazine. The White House has asked the Pentagon to make [...] The Oval- General Stanley McChrystal suddenly left the White House after a 30-minute meeting this morning with President Obama —and less than 90 minutes before a major national security meeting on the Afghanistan war that McChrystal has been commanding. McChrystal was not seen returning to the White [...] By Josh Rogin,The Cable Obama is meddling with the commanders reports in Afghanistan As the Obama administration wrestles with how to deal with the worsening military and political situation in Afghanistan and the worsening level of public support for the war at home,new details are emerging about how [...] By Bob Woodward,Washington Post According to Gen. McChrystal it’s either more troops or failure The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent,confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them,the [...] | |