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Let me explain something to you, since you appear to be woefully underinformated as to the kind of behavior that is expected from military officers. "Joking" criticism of superior officers is generally frowned upon, particularly by four star generals talking to reporters. We're not talking about about a guy who was accidentally overheard making a joke in the privacy of his own home or something, we're talking about a four star general representing the military to the press who permitted an unforgivable lapse of decorum. What's so hard about accepting the fact that this guy failed to live up to his duty? Oh yeah, I guess that'd require you to not be critical of Obama. :roll: I repeat, you and tex are indulging in the worst kind of partisan hackery.
Oh Mr. Pot, you're a hoot. Just don't look into the mirror, you're going to have an awful big shock when you realize you're the one that's black.
Its not being the worst kind of partisan for criticizing Obama. That would be attacking Obama in an over the top fashion with hyperbole, exaggerations, and lies while not even batting an eye, making a statement against, or giving the slightest thought into the potential wrong doings or questionable actions of the General.
He should've resigned, or been relieved.
there was enough said concerning the strategy and administration of the Commander in Chief that he created a situation where there was really no other reasonable answer to expect.
You just don't speak in such a manner
it was idiotic for the interview to have been allowed to happen in the first place.
Grounds for dismissal? Entirely.
See, wonderful little thing called intellectual honesty. What he did was wrong. What Obama did in response was right. I dislike Obama. I have respect as a military officer for McChrystal. Despite these facts I have no qualms or issues at all with acknowledging his mistake and his correct punishment for it.
Simply because I do not become so frothingly hyper partisan like yourself to believe the extent at which you try to portray the situation, which you've repeatedly and continually failed to back up with anything save for insults and insinuations of "lack of understanding" on the part of other when in reality you've simply presented nothing of actual substance to back up your assertions concerning the CIC, does not make me "partisan". Indeed, it is your extreme exaggeration and your complete one sidedness, 100% and without question behind Obama and 100% without exception trashing and belittling McChrystal for everything that he's worth, that causes you to view someone that's actually being relatively objective here as being "partisan" because you have flung yourself so far to the left that you're about to find yourself in the middle of the Pacific.
If you are actually going to take the leap that third party heresay comments and relatively light joking mixed with negative comments towards members of the beuracracy is somehow singularly and completely enough to label someone a "prick" and "rubbish" and entirely unworthy and incapable of leading Men and Women of the Military and yet withhold even a sliver of objectivity to look at what pushed a well respected and well decorated general to even get to this point and how such things reflect upon the President, his judgement, and his administration then there is really no reason for a single solitary respectable and intelligent poster on this forum to take a word you blather on about seriously.
McCrhystal was in the wrong, its extremely difficult to argue that in any way. One may argue that his VIEWS were correct, but there's little debate one can truly make to suggest that his ACTIONS were. Its a difficult debate to claim that he deserves a court martial, though a slightly less difficult one to state he deserves a trial for it though still rather specious. Its an entirely fruitless debate thus far for you to repeatedly claim that he's negative statements about the President as you have REPEATEDLY:
A number of his comments about Obama
***Zyph Note - In regards to a comment stating he'd need to actually make a comment about Obama***
Yeah, I realize that, and he did
refraining from criticizing the commander-in-chief is a sacred duty for our military officers. He failed.
:roll: Yeah, so I guess a four star general badmouthing the commander-in-chief .
Without once, throughout this entire thread, presenting a single solitary direct quote from the General speaking negatively towards Obama. Perhaps it'd be an easy claim to make if something actually backing it up was given, but so far you've been completely and wholey unable to do that, instead hiding behind the cover of claiming anyone that dare object to your extreme hyper partisanship as being them themselves "the worst kind of partisan".
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