There’s a report that Afghanistan field commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal will resign if the White House doesn’t sign on the bottom line on his troop increase request.
First thought is, that’s insubordination, this threat being deliberately leaked; if the full story is true, I hope Defense Secretary Robert Gates fires him.
Second is that generals make policy, not politics. Another reason this is insubordinate.
Third, though, is that like on some other issues, President Barack Obama is now officially at the “shit or get off the pot” stage.
On the policy/strategy side, McChrystal has given his estimate of what he needs. And now, Obama has to go beyond “Af-Pak” platitudes.
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