Fox News is reporting that McChrystal just fired the Aide who set up the Rolling Stone interview.<\/p>\n
Pathetic.<\/p>\n
This is a classic case of stepping on your dick and immediately picking up a mark time.<\/p>\n
This should be training fodder for every officer attending the Command and General Staff College.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t give interviews to Rolling Stone for any reason.
\nDon\u2019t openly insult the person who determines your career.
\nDon\u2019t accuse one guy of polishing up his position for history books when it appears you are doing the same thing.
\nIt is never appropriate for a General Officer to divulge who he voted for.
\nA groveling apology to men you consider lesser isn\u2019t very General-like.
\nFiring an aide for simply arranging the platform for your career suicide is pathetic.<\/p>\n
And most important. Don\u2019t piss off the omnipotent Michael Yon who no doubt orchestrated this entire fiasco as punishment for not embracing his awesomeness.<\/p>\n
I personally hate saying this because I have known Stan McChrystal for a long time and he is an enormously respected man in the Special Ops community but this was a swirling series of unforced errors that has left him totally impotent on either side of the debate.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know if Obama will fire McChrystal or not but he should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"