Old soldiers fade away
Date: June 24th 2010
Old soldiers fade away
Two days ago, President Obama accepted the resignation of General Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, because of insubordinate comments in today’s Rolling Stone Magazine.I say good riddance. That sounds harsh, but how much stupidity can we take from one general?
Nobody denies that McChrystal has served his country honorably, and nobody denies that he accomplished a lot in Iraq, but at the same time nobody – left, right, up, or down – disagrees with the president’s decision to fire him. When push comes to shove, Americans have little sympathy for generals who act like they’ve forgotten who the Commander-in-Chief is.
Sixty years ago there was a similar situation, only worse, when President Harry Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur in the middle of the Korean War. The situation was worse because MacArthur was almost as famous as God, and almost as revered. (Anybody who didn’t believe that, well, all they had to do was ask the general and he’d explain it.)
At first people were mighty upset with Truman...
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