'Fire McChrystal' Camp Grows Steadily

This general will not be the first to be pilloried by politicians. The war in Afghansistan is a no win war; our Afghan "allies" are corrupt beyond reason and unlike our brave soldiers, the Taliban has a cause to fight for and has proven its ability to win in the form of the Mujahideen. The North Vietnamese had one too and soundly thrashed two large western powers to prove it. McChrystal appears to be a good general but one who is obviously frustrated by politics. In Vietnam, our politicians crucified our military commanders as they did in Korea.
The current administration has very few war veterans in its ranks; Obama is between a rock and a hard place, wanting to end both wars and yet politically unable to do so. It is a pity one of our top generals has to pay a price for this; his only sin I can see is failing to keep his opinions to himself like any veteran soldier learns to do.

AS A VET I THINK GEN. McCHRYSTAL LOST ALL HIS CREDITABILTY AS A LEADER. ONCE YOU LOSE YOUR CREDITABILTY AS A COMMANDER OF THE TROOPS. ITS HARD FOR YOUR MEN TRUST YOU ON ANY MISSION. THAT'S WHAT I THINK, NOW IT IS UP UP TO THE PRESIDENT DO THE JOB HE WAS ELECTED TO DO.

Of course his resignation should be accepted. This was an incredibly foolish gaffe by a senior military officer. I'm a retired officer, and I can tell you (aside from General McChrystal's mistake) that military generals are held in much too-high an esteem by the public. Probably 99% of them are certifiable babbling idiots, who, somehow, managed to get enough tickets punched over the years to finally float to the top. I served under the senior general who is universally considered to be the tactical genius who commanded all operations during Operation Desert Storm. Our quick victory there, was due to the general's plan being scrapped and replaced by a plan submitted by a retired Air Force fighter pilot expert. Had we gone with the general's original plan, we'd probably have been butchered. The antics of this guy, during peacetime, were comedic. If you think that the general officers our country has today (99% of them anyway) are on the level of Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton, or Marshall, you are seriously deluding yourself. The majority of our officers really don't have "a plan;" they're just hanging out hoping that things work out, and that the combat time gets posted to their personnel records.

Generals should be allowed to make the military decisions. Presidents should listen to them. Wven though McCrystal is subordinate to Obama as Commander in Chief he is still entitled to disagree and to voice his disagreement. Obama can fire this General or ask for his resignation and like all his decisions it wil be make for the Obama ego and not for the good of the United States. We need him to be a one term president, for that to happen he needs to get rid of General McCrystal.

As Per General McChrystal's comments are an Assessment of his relationship and this Administration and its war policy, he will be fired but the Generals
assessment is correct.

Like the one gentleman put those in Washington have a dont win policy that started at the end of world war two.

You see it everyday, example Mr.Arie Flascher former spokesman for the Bush Administration advocated the Republicans try not to win both house of Congress
back this fall

As General Patton would say the Losers are in charge

After being nominated to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan by President Obama, the Senate confirmed McChrystal for his new duty on June 10, 2009, and he was promoted to the rank of general.


I agree whole heartedly fire Obama immediately!

Unfortunately, the President and his administration have no plan to win this war, or even to conclude it well without victory. A general should not make political statements - Truman fired MacCarther for the same thing. But at least Truman had succcessful war time leadership experience of the highest order and the respect of the armed forces. Let's hear from the "Fire Obama instead camp". By the way, it is not a violation of the "military code" (whatever that is - the UCMJ?) to disagree with a superior officer. Does not mean you can disobey an order, but there are hypothetical circumstances where one is probably bound to speak his/her view on military matters. Certainly answering a hypothetical question about an event that never occurred is not a violation of the UCMJ - and no one would want it to be. This is not Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan. Maybe McCrhystal is simply speaking up for the 20 year old kids we send over there to go in harm's way for reasons that few can remember.

we have been on a dont win war policy ever since the end of ww2 example being KOREA' VIETNAM,IRAQ, and now AFGANISTAN. we have spent billions of dollars on all kinds of weapons and never use them it is time for politicians whom have no experience fighting a war and a president whom has no experiance at anything now being comander in chief of the armed forces. TIME TO LET THE MILITARY FIGHT THE WAR. what we need is another TEDDY ROOSEVELT, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND GEORGE PATTON

Not only should McChrystal be fired, he should also be reduced in rank to that previously held prior to assuming command of the Afghanistan war. The person that recommended him for promotion to this position should also be fired. McChrystal is a liar (remember the Pat Tilmon story). Anyone that has every known a liar know that they can't be trusted in any sense of the word.

He can always get a job with Fox News