"No one is saying that what McChrystal said wasn't true, not even the Administration"

[LaydeeBug]

they are just saying he was wrong to say it publicly" This is a fb fight I am in.

I am fuming. Stewing. ARRRRRRGH!!!!

[Mz Pip]

1. McChrystal gave an opinion

Opinions are not facts. There really isn't much point in arguing with someone who thinks opinions are proof of truth.

[Aramchek]

6. His job is to take orders, not spread gossip

[Mz Pip]

7. That too.

Or spread his personal opinions, for that matter.

[TwilightGardener]

2. This is exactly why he should not let the door hit him.

[Scuba]

3. It's a losing proposition to deny someone is a 'clown'

[pinboy3niner]

4. +1. It's like, "I am not a crook." nt

[rocktivity]

5. Tell them that when you're a U.S. general, saying the wrong things publicly

--especially when you KNOW there's a reporter listening--IS grounds for getting fired!

:eyes:
rocktivity

[Catherina]

8. McChrystal made a smart move

These guys take their careers and their legacy seriously. As a friend of mine put it "It's better to be remembered for being fired for insubordination than to be remembered as the guy who led the world's most high tech army to defeat by Afghan hillbillies with 30 year old Kalishnikovs. The next guy can take the blame for the defeat."

Out of Afghanistan now. It's unwinnable. Generals are telling you so. Stop coveting thy neihbor's goods and get out of there now.

[emulatorloo]

9. Obama wants out in June 2011, McChrystal wanted to be there forever.

How smart is that?

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Have them look up the definition of 'insubordination'.

[MilesColtrane]

11. McChrystal is a schemer who needs to shut his MRE hole.

The Pentagon hasn't said that that's not true.