Obama ponders firing McChrystal over his criticism of White House/Obama:

[haaaylee]

"White House spokesman Robert Gibbs did not rule out the possibility that U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal will be asked to resign in the wake of a Rolling Stone magazine story that has the general mocking the Obama administration’s national security team."

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/22/gibbs-for-mccrystal-all-options-on-the-table/






http://biggovernment.com/jbabbin/2010/06/22/obama-cant-fire-mccrystal/

[Elle]

Obama should be the one fired. Today. Biden and the rest of the slime along with him.

What happens when the rest of the Generals and such turn on Obama?

[roho76]

What happens when the rest of the Generals and such turn on Obama?

We can only hope.

[Bruno]

How timely, considering he is in hot water today for comments made about Obama and his administration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_McChrystal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman#Death

Controversy surrounding Tillman's death
A report described in The Washington Post on May 4, 2005, (prepared upon the request of Tillman's family) by Brig. Gen. Gary M. Jones revealed that in the days immediately following Tillman's death, U.S. Army investigators were aware that Tillman was killed by friendly fire, shot three times to the head.[12] Jones reported that senior Army commanders, including Gen. John Abizaid, knew of this fact within days of the shooting but nevertheless approved the awarding of the Silver Star, Purple Heart, and a posthumous promotion.

Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal approved the Silver Star citation on April 28, 2004, which gave a detailed account of Tillman's death including the phrase "in the line of devastating enemy fire", but the next day he sent a P4 memo warning senior government members that Tillman might actually have been killed by friendly fire.[13] Top commanders within the U.S. Central Command, including former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) General John Abizaid, should have been notified by the P4 memo,[14] which described Tillman's "highly possible" fratricide, four days before Tillman's nationally televised memorial service during which he was lauded as a war hero for dying while engaging the enemy.[15][16]

Jones reported that members of Tillman's unit burned his body armor and uniform in an apparent attempt to hide the fact that he was killed by friendly fire.[17] Perhaps most tragically, his notebook, in which, according to author Jon Krakauer, Tillman had recorded some of his thoughts on Afghanistan, was also burned, a blatant violation of protocol.[18] Several soldiers were subsequently punished for their actions by being removed from the United States Army Rangers.[17] Jones believed that Tillman should retain his medals and promotion, since, according to Jones, he intended to engage the enemy and, in Jones's opinion, behaved heroically.[17]

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[JamesButabi]

Obama should be the one fired. Today. Biden and the rest of the slime along with him.

What happens when the rest of the Generals and such turn on Obama?


I wish the whole military would turn on the government and just come home.

[Aratus]

somehow this isn't quite JFK's seven days in may...
it perhaps hints at the lid FDR constructed around
georgie patton when he was across the channel
from calais. if this dispute goes big league, it could
rival truman verses macarthur. why did the auld gen'l
sorta let his buzz cut hair down to the mag that indeed
published hunter thompson's wild turkey driven rants???

[Aratus]

in another thread, i see that ron paul is visiting iowa and this again
has quiet speculation about a future run being on people's lips...