Shades of President Truman's firing of General McArthur...General McCrystal
 

...may be fired by President Obama for insubordination. The General has been ordered home from Afghanistan for a face to face meeting with the President. All of this due to a Rolling Stone interview with the General and his staff.

Any input about this subject?

link to the article?

The story has been on the news all day...so any major media outlet should have the story.

another great piece from rs

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/119236

if you really want to get your mind blown, read this

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965

He should and will likely be fired. That level of insubordination cannot be tolerated.

Oh my yes, he's probably being prevented from seppuku as we speak.

I saw on the news that it was all because of that icelandic volcano diverting flights. So the reporter was with them for a month, and they clearly let their guard down and let the shit fly. Idiots. He's brought dishonor to himself and his units and his country frankly. What a fuckup.

Other than the commanding officer in the Middle East having to leave his post and fly halfway across the world because our incompetent President is butthurt from the factual comments made about his administration?

What a waste. 4 Star General will be court martialed and dishonorably discharged because he couldn't keep his mouth shut. UCMJ is pretty clear on this.

lmfao, good comedy. Stick with it, it's a living.

The truth will not be tolerated by the establishment... being a 4 star you'd think he'd have that shit on lock down ;)

That's all we need to complete the transformation for you isn't it? A military General running the country. I'm leaning towards the possibility that the civilians in charge have no intention of allowing that to happen.

The General has already offered up his resignation, and he hasn't even made it to the White House yet. Personally, my opinion is that Obama needs to make a very public example of this man, reject his resignation, and fire him instead... on TV if possible. This isn't his first offense or the first time he's needed "talking to" by the Pres. The Pres. has been lenient and now it's time to publicly shit can this nut. Military members, and especially military leaders, do not get the right to talk shit about their superiors. It's in black & white writing. If he wants to express himself, he must exit the military to do so. While he is in, he is Government Property. And he knows it.

Pull your head out of your ass for two seconds and give consideration to more than your next slice of pizza.

Is he the same guy that orchestrated the pat tillman cover up?

:thumbsup :thumbsup :thumbsup

Yep.

8char

What the hell are you babbling about?

Kinda hilarious, because if you replace "Obama" with "Bush", we would be getting a different opinion than you. Obama has very little respect from people that are not on his staff, him making an example of someone who accurately criticizes his shortcomings just makes him look dumb.

It's amazing how easy it is to insult people with no rational capabilities:)

It is a shame that a Commander in Chief and his administration...that for the most part have never spent a single day in the military...are allowed to micro manage military operations...but this General and his staff need to be fired...if for no other reason then their own stupidity.

I always detested the fact that clueless civilians are allowed to micro manage military operations...but that is our system since the beginning.

Well, that was the General's problem as well, it's just something beyond Amputate's understanding. However, it's not a good move politically, especially if the Afghani president is endorsing the General.

If Bush pulled that shit I would have told him to STFU as well. It's definitely sad that someone with no knowledge or experience is allowed to pull strings half a world away.

if there's one thing that rising dictators are known for, it's tolerating harsh criticism from their opponents.

Summary of the RS article: A lot of people to blame for this crime. BP for committing it. MMS and Salazar for letting them do it. Obama for not forcing Salazar to clean up MMS faster. Bush for giving MMS (and Big Oil) 8 years of corruption with a free pass.

Salazar needs fired. BP needs to pay up in blood.

I don't know whether Obama was smart enough to know better and didn't care, or whether he's too dumb and believed whatever Salazar told him.

And now we know MMS stole a poor webmaster's 2 dogs, and ran off with KryztalRed!!!

I hope McCrystal tells Obama that he is a sniveling little pussy and to shove Afghanistan up his incompetent socialist ass! :2 cents:

McCrystal was speaking the truth about the incompetence of the Obama administration but he obviously chose the wrong forum to do it. I think Obama could help himself and the war effort here by putting the good of the country over politics and refusing McCrystal's resignation. :2 cents:

No you wouldn't and no it doesn't. A General cannot disrespect the leadership in Washington. It's really quite simple. It doesn't matter who holds those positions. You're too blinded by hate and ignorance to grasp that though. And I knew that going into this, but was willing to hold your hand through it.


I know, it was incredibly easy to insult you. Too easy in fact.

I would call you stupid but that would be redundant, after reading your posts. Please stop embarrassing yourself.

Good luck at that happening.

IF ????? ..... like BUSH did not do it on both wars ... :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Of course you have the evidence for this, right? Oh that's right, you're not known here for providing evidence, or anything intellectual. Carry on clown, make us laugh:)

You're not known for having any intelligence, but we still talk to you. :)

I could say the exact same thing about you and your posts, and it would be as true as the baseless assumptions you humor us with:)

Amen to that!

Baseless assumptions? Please, enlighten me.

::::facepalm:::: Most of your posts are baseless assumptions, which is why you get ridiculed the way that you do. You're in the same boat as BFT3K and DirectFiesta, who are usually the laughing stock of these debates. Please start providing actual facts, it would keep your self ownage to a minimum.

Are you seriously asking the dumbest person on this board to enlighten you? :1orglaugh

Is the dumbest person on this board and the subject of ridicule on most occasions calling someone else the dumbest person on this board? Pot. Kettle. Black:winkwink:

C'mon Mr. Fact Demander... list up some of my baseless assumptions that are bothering you so much. Let's get to the root of your hatred and anger. :)

The most recent one:) Since it's so easy to humiliate you, I'll try and be nicer about it and go down a notch to your intelligence. Better yet, perhaps you can provide me posts that involve actual facts. Too easy:)

I was going to ask why TheDemon was talking to himself, then I remembered I got bored and blocked half the board when I got tired of reading them.

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.

Btw Amputate, since you don't seem the least bit educated, I'll help you out.

This is either a baseless assertion, or more closely, it's a strawman. You're intentionally(or unintentionally since you can't read) misinterpreting my position, and then arguing against it. :)