Comments for Memo to Obama: Dismiss McChrystal by Michael Carmichael at http://www.planetarymovement.org , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.planetarymovement.org Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:35:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.planetarymovement.org/go/newsflash/memo-to-obama%3a--dismiss-mcchrystal-by-michael-carmichael/#pc_491 Everyone who serves in a branch of the military of the United States MUST take an oath to defend the Country against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic. The oath also includes accepting the President as the Commander and Chief and to follow his orders. A part of following orders when accepting a Post or Assignment is to report BACK to one's Commanders the nature of the Assignment or conditions at the Post. To lie or misrepresent that order is a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. While the UCMJ tends to be applied more to enlisted personnel and Junior Officers than to the General Staff, it none the less applies equally to General McChrystal as to any other soldier, sailor or airman. A General's job is to END wars, not to start them or keep them going--particularly for ulterior motives, like serving the interests of Haliburton and the rest of the Military-Industrial Complex. If he is not doing his job, which to state the obvious he clearly is not, HE SHOULD BE FIRED! - Harold Pulley Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:14:39 +0100 http://www.planetarymovement.org/go/newsflash/memo-to-obama%3a--dismiss-mcchrystal-by-michael-carmichael/#pc_490 The absurdity of the debate as to whether the US should surge the Afghan forces or not is concealed by the shenanigans surrounding the leak. A real bait and switch tactic. If there is any debate at all, it should be around how to extricate the US and NATO from this ill-conceived misadventure as soon as possible. But on the subject of the leak ... To Biden's credit, he has no appetite for this war. He is also astute enough to realise that McChrystal's idiocies would find little favour with the American public. The economy continues to crash & burn notwithstanding the mendacious rally on Wall Street. The dollar is tanking. The troops are taking a hiding. Bernanke refuses to account for how the money is spent. China et al are looking to trade oil in other currencies signalling the end of civilization as we know it. And McChrystal wants 40,000 extra troops for a fake war enjoined on a fake pretext? Biden saw the gap and took it - he leaked the report to Woodward. Duh! Good for him. McChrystal should be fired, not for insubordination, but for wanting to escalate an already untenable and immoral conflict. - Reg Corleonis Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:56:13 +0100 http://www.planetarymovement.org/go/newsflash/memo-to-obama%3a--dismiss-mcchrystal-by-michael-carmichael/#pc_489 McChrystal committed insubordination. He should be fired immediately. Any general doing the same thing under Cheney/Bush would have been sent to Gitmo without pause. Further, generals are supposed to do generaling, while policy-makers make policy. McC. is in a chain of command, which he completely ignored (following, of course, Cheney, who according to Seymour Hersh had (?has) his own Special Operations Executive on the ground in Iran, outside of the chain of command). But hey, right-wingers get special privileges, don't they? - Dr. Steve Jonas Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:23:03 +0100