Rolling Stone and the Sacking of Stan McChrystal Part Two

Rolling Stone and the Sacking of Stan McChrystal Part Two

The oddest thing about President Obama canning General McChrystal as commander of United States forces in Afghanistan is that the general didn’t do anything grievously wrong.

When Lincoln dumped 5 generals (McLellan twice) during the Civil War, it was largely due to general incompetence.

When Truman sacked MacArthur in the midst of the Korean War, it was the last straw in the brilliant yet haughty and insubordinate general’s rocky relationship with his civilian bosses in Washington, and especially with Harry.

The fact MacArthur wanted to invade China and use nuclear weapons to subdue that Communist nation which had intervened and turned the tide in Korea by sheer force of numbers was another factor as was the fear it could ignite a Third World War.

In retrospect, MacArthur’s plan was viable, would not have started a new world war, and would have removed the threat that China poses for the United States in the twenty first century. But that’s another story.

Stanley McChrystal’s chief offense was neither incompetence nor gross insubordination. . .
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