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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:17 AM Original message |
Flat Stanley McChrystal got lucky.... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. He should be court-martialled |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The General was relieved of his command |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. well McChrystal is gone mainly because he showed doubt |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yep |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No...I actually think that McChrystal was fired for accidental honesty.. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. They amount to the same thing. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. maybe...but it's maybe foolish Obama's part to fire people |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Those weren't "facts on the ground" the general and |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. actually yes the article had quoted them saying the counterinsurgency |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Really |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. oh, I agree...McChrystal is the one cheerleading for counterinsurgency |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Wasn't it McChrystal who talked the administration into this plan??? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. yes he did but in the article he was basically saying it wasn't |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. He's gone because of insubordination. I'm sure he was aware of that, but DARED his CiC. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. His only saving grace was that the quotes were from his aides, and not directly from him... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. "Joe Bite Me" was not from his aides |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. his removal wasn't for the insuts...it's a convenient cover.. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. he was fired 100% because of the Rolling Stone article |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. According to the reporter, |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. ooohhhhhh........ |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. In the RS article, nothing was contemptuous toward any of those entities. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. What about |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. One person cannot disgrace another. Also, what do you think WE are |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
32. the "enemy" is being emboldened by The Bush and Obama war |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. it'd be a different story if the President was more right-wing.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. No he would not |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The GCM Convening Authority |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. My point is that it is not POTUS who filles |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Once I worked for a colonel |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. My BIL heard a commander |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. If anything like this had happened under pres shit-for-brains..the people |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Obama is doing the EXACT THING Bush did.. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Off color and/or rude is not the kinds of remarks about |
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