McChrystal most likely on the way out..

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by TheSatyr

What bothers me right now is that at the Nuremburg Trials, German Officers were imprisoned if not executed for "Only following orders" and not standing up to or criticizing their leaders.

Here we have a General who is pissed off about the way the government is handling the war in Afghanistan and is criticizing the Administration, and now he is being forced to resign because he isn't "Just following orders"

Seems rather hypocritical to me.

Originally Posted by August

Nobody is saying the General can't criticize his leaders, just that he shouldn't be doing it in uniform.

Also there is the little fact that in one case we are talking about officers "following orders" that were illegal.

I do not believe anyone is claiming that McChrystal was fired for "only following orders" that were illegal.

But than my position is that it was unnecessary to fire McChrystal.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Also there is the little fact that in one case we are talking about officers "following orders" that were illegal.

I do not believe anyone is claiming that McChrystal was fired for "only following orders" that were illegal.

But than my position is that it was unnecessary to fire McChrystal.

Get it straight... he was not fired... he turned in his resignation

Honestly.