Obama White House Fuming About General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan
Posted on October 5, 2009
This little bit of news comes from the Daily Telegraph in the UK, because with the advent of the Messiah and the goo-goo-googly eyed media, American media perform little more than the role of the dutiful lapdog for the Messiah.
White House angry at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan
The relationship between President Barack Obama and the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan has been put under severe strain by Gen Stanley McChrystal’s comments on strategy for the war.
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Translation: Gen Stanley McChrystal has the unmitigated gall to speak without Obama’s teleprompter and give real advice about military strategy rather than soft words supporting whatever it is the Prez has to say. That is ticking off the powerbrokers who are pulling the strings.
According to sources close to the administration, Gen McChrystal shocked and angered presidential advisers with the bluntness of a speech given in London last week.
Translation: Gen McChrystal is going against the status quo of the totalitarians who want people to do as they say without question.
The next day he was summoned to an awkward 25-minute face-to-face meeting on board Air Force One on the tarmac in Copenhagen, where the president had arrived to tout Chicago’s unsuccessful Olympic bid.
You’ve got to admit that the timing of this little encounter was just a little bit “off”. Obama’s narcissism was probably blown up to epic proportions at that point while he was preparing to pitch the Chicago Olympics. How dare that lowly General butt in to this star studded event and throw some rain on that parade!
In an apparent rebuke to the commander, Robert Gates, the Defence Secretary, said: “It is imperative that all of us taking part in these deliberations, civilians and military alike, provide our best advice to the president, candidly but privately.”
Hmmm. We must be candid and private about it…? How so, Defence Secretary Gates?
When asked on CNN about the commander’s public lobbying for more troops, Gen Jim Jones, national security adviser, said:
“Ideally, it’s better for military advice to come up through the chain of command.”
So, then, it should be filtered for Obama’s consumption rather than come directly from McChrystal himself?
Asked if the president had told the general to tone down his remarks, he told CBS: “I wasn’t there so I can’t answer that question. But it was an opportunity for them to get to know each other a little bit better. I am sure they exchanged direct views.”
I can’t imagine that that happened, considering Obama has no military experience so he has no context about what is going on….that is the reason why he has so many advisers – because he’s still the Junior Senator from Illinois – he’s still the community organizer…he’s still blaming Bush for all his failures, unable to cope, apparently, with the reality of what a mess he’s made of things.
I would imagine he was speechless quite a bit of the time when McChrystal spoke and needed to consult a panel of experts and receive a written teleprompter response before he could respond.
Too much of this administration is artificial and orchestrated. Obama can’t speak very well on his own without something prepared beforehand; that we know from his endless gaffes.
An adviser to the administration said: “People aren’t sure whether McChrystal is being naïve or an upstart. To my mind he doesn’t seem ready for this Washington hard-ball and is just speaking his mind too plainly.”
hmmm. Washington hard-ball is about…speaking your mind…with nuance and finesse? Saying one thing and doing another? That much we’ve already witnessed.
In London, Gen McChrystal, who heads the 68,000 US troops in Afghanistan as well as the 100,000 Nato forces, flatly rejected proposals to switch to a strategy more reliant on drone missile strikes and special forces operations against al-Qaeda.
He told the Institute of International and Strategic Studies that the formula, which is favoured by Vice-President Joe Biden, would lead to “Chaos-istan”.
But Chaos-istan is precisely what he’s trying to achieve in everything he’s stuck his finger into. From the Automobile industry to the financial industry – to one fifth of our economy with the healthcare Obamacare overhaul…what Obama has written is the prescription for disaster which was cooked up at Columbia called the Cloward Piven Strategy. It isn’t different where things military are concerned. Chaos-istan is the POINT with Obama. It is the ultimate goal – the coup d’etat his handlers have been salivating for. For McChrystal to have the nerve to point it out just means he’s not one of Obama’s lapdogs, and I say–good for him.
When asked whether he would support it, he said: “The short answer is: No.”
He went on to say: “Waiting does not prolong a favorable outcome. This effort will not remain winnable indefinitely, and nor will public support.”
Again, that is precisely the point. I don’t envy McChrystal’s position here; he’s in a no-win situation with a usurper we are supposed to address “Mr. President”; a loser who makes everything about him.
The remarks have been seen by some in the Obama administration as a barbed reference to the slow pace of debate within the White House.
Which is how it is in a socialist regime; there are a lot of filters messages need to go through; a lot of people have their hands in the pie.
Gen McChrystal delivered a report on Afghanistan requested by the president on Aug 31, but Mr Obama held only his second “principals meeting” on the issue last week.
He will hold at least one more this week, but a decision on how far to follow Gen McChrystal’s recommendation to send 40,000 more US troops will not be made for several weeks.
A military expert said: “They still have working relationship but all in all it’s not great for now.”
While men are dying…Obama has more time for glitz, glitter, and the Chicago crime syndicate than he has for our troops.
It is beyond disgusting. We need to pray for General Stanley McChrystal; he’s going to need it.
Some commentators regarded the general’s London comments as verging on insubordination.
It might be insubordination if Obama knew his a** from a hole in the ground.
Bruce Ackerman, an expert on constitutional law at Yale University, said in the Washington Post: “As commanding general, McChrystal has no business making such public pronouncements.”
He added that it was highly unusual for a senior military officer to “pressure the president in public to adopt his strategy”.
It’s not unusual, though, for liberal presidents to be at odds with the military – which is why Buzz Patterson wrote several books on the subject, having had intimate knowledge of how the Clintons treated military people and people in uniform. There is – Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America’s National Security, Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security, and War Crimes: The Left’s Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror – and that’s just from one guy.
Relations between the general and the White House began to sour when his report, which painted a grim picture of the allied mission in Afghanistan, was leaked. White House aides have since briefed against the general’s recommendations.
The general has responded with a series of candid interviews as well as the speech. He told Newsweek he was firmly against half measures in Afghanistan: “You can’t hope to contain the fire by letting just half the building burn.”
Amen to that, General. If nothing else, I will be looking forward to your books coming out that chronicle the embarrassment of having served under this so-called president, the Messiah Obama.
As a divide opened up between the military and the White House, senior military figures began criticising the White House for failing to tackle the issue more quickly.
They made no secret of their view that without the vast ground force recommended by Gen McChrystal, the Afghan mission could end in failure and a return to power of the Taliban.
“They want to make sure people know what they asked for if things go wrong,” said Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defence.
Critics also pointed out that before their Copenhagen encounter Mr Obama had only met Gen McChrystal once since his appointment in June.
I think it’s time we started talking about bringing President Obama up on War Crimes charges. It’s only fair when it’s obvious he is putting off making decisions – putting them off until the war is unwinnable. As we wind up the first year of Obama’s term, one thing is certain; none of this can be blamed on Bush now. It’s all in his court.
By the way, it’s hard to believe any guy that manufactures this much stupidity could have much of an opinion on military matters, anyway.
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Then again this could be a made up controversy since the White House probably Ok’s the speech of such a ranking individual in the Obama administration. President Obama just happens to outrank the general as he is Commander and Chief.
Perhaps you should not make this about an attack on Obama but rather about backing Gen Stanley McChrystal’s plan.
On the other hand I would like him to bring than plan before Congress so he can be cross examined on the witness stand.