Jay Tea at Wizbang: “The relationship between President Obama and the top ranks of the military have never been good. Obama has always had stronger alliances with the anti-military faction of the left than with the pro-military side”
An interesting theory from Jay Tea:
McChrystal, I theorize, saw that the Obama administration needed an abject lesson in that principle — something that is ingrained in anyone who has ever been even a moderately successful leader or manager. (Obviously, that excludes the president, the vice-president, the Secretary of State, and a lot of others in the Obama regime.) So he engineered (or, at least, exploited) an opportunity to teach them.
The on-the-record disdain McChrystal uttered or tolerated among his closest staff was the sort that could not be tolerated. He did the one thing that an officer as high-ranking and prominent as he could — he openly showed his lack of respect to his superiors.
That put Obama in an untenable position. McChrystal’s conduct could not be ignored, could not be excused, could not be tolerated. It had to be answered, and answered firmly.
In brief, McChrystal put Obama in a position where he had no choice but to assert his authority as Commander In Chief, and remind all concerned that the supremacy of our civilian leadership is something that can not be questioned or challenged within our military.
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