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Who will continue the Bush/Obama war now?!?!?
So covering up Pat Tillman’s murder, causing the deaths of countless thousands of civilians, supporting torture and rendition and FSM-only-knows what other horrors and atrocities, are all A-OK.
Making some unfunny, lame snark about Joe Biden’s name that wouldn’t survive a blogger audition?
Unforgivable grounds for immediate termination!
Glad Daddy-O cleared that up.
there’s bound to be another general mac something available.
good for obama. fire salazar while you’re at it.
Yeah, he really stepped in it with this one. What kind of dumb fuck general gives interviews to Rolling Stone? Sheesh.
Finally! What a scumbag.
@2: Do you really think Obama doesn’t support all of the above?
@1:
General Petraeus, now gets to fight a two-front war.
@2:
This is precisely why, theoretically at least, we have civilian control over our military, precisely so shit like what you describe can’t happen. But, of course, in order for shit like that to not happen, you have to have a CiC in-place who actually cares about stopping that sort of shit from happening in the first place.
Sullivan’s doing some interesting linking to folks examining how McChrystal misunderstood the extent to which a blogger-type “journalist” like the Rolling Stone guy has no bridges to fear burning so will publish anything.
He just announced Gen Petreaus is going …
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Just end both wars now.
Jen,
Big news. That I recall, not since Truman fired MacArthur has this happened. @4 agree. What the heck is he, McChrystal giving interviews with Rolling Stone?
Didn’t Shrubby fire a general who thought Iraq was a bad idea?
So stoked! That guy broke the law, and he should be lucky not to be stripped of rank and thrown in jail. What a dickbag.
@2: If those things were documented for rolling stone, I’m sure they would be prosecuted much easier. Second, there are many soldiers who have been tried and convicted of war crimes under Obama, and sadly there aren’t enough facts in the Tillman case to warrant anything. This is a clear case of a general being an asshole and getting caught. Good on Obama for kicking his worthless ass out of command.
McChrystal must have done this on purpose to kick off a political career. Either that or bravely joining the troops on real combat patrols left him with one too many traumatic brain injuries.