When leaks start flying out from the Obama regime faster than the oil gsushing from BP’s Deep Water Horizon, brother, you got serious problems.
Barack Obama’s own Defence Secreatary, Robert Gates, a Bush holdover by the way, argued that keeping Gen. Stanley McChrystal was vital to the mission in Afghanestan.
But, the commuinity orginaer-in-chief chose not to listen to that sound advice.
Instead he goes with Bush era Gen David Petraeus, who Obama practically called a liar along with a slew of other Democrarts during his prosecution of the war in Iraq.
Now, the Left is appluading Obama’s decision as smart and decisive. However, they have no credibility or intelectual honesty since they’re doing nothing more than plugging in the mnay holes that is causing the Obama presidency to sink along with the rest of the counrtry.
Remember when Hilliary Clinton called Petraeus a liar?
Now, the Obama suck-up media is calling Obama brillint for appointiing the man who they essentially called a sock pupport when he worked for Goerge Bush.
Let me tell you something. I didn’t post anything about Petraeus fainting because it was bad enough it was caught on video. That image is going to be uesed by our enemies around the world as propaganda tool to symbolicaly show American weakness and lack resolve.
Now, Obama picks that general to run the war in Afghanestan and hand our enemies another proganda weapon?
From CNN:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates backed keeping Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the job because he was vital to the war effort in Afghanistan, but Gates was overruled, a senior Pentagon official told CNN's Barbara Starr.
The official has direct knowledge of the events but declined to be identified because of the internal administration discussions.
President Barack Obama relieved McChrystal of command of the Afghan war on Wednesday, a day after Rolling Stone published critical comments about top White House officials by members of McChrystal's staff.
Gates was initially furious about the article, but said McChrystal had to stay in command because the war is at such a critical point, a second source -- who also asked not to be named on internal administration discussions -- told CNN.
But as it became clear the White House didn't feel same way and the issue was not going to fade, Gates shifted his position and agreed that keeping the general would be an untenable distraction.
Technically, McChrystal resigned.
It's still unclear whether Obama had made up his mind before sitting down with McChrystal, but CNN has learned that during their one-on-one meeting, Obama gave the general a chance to defend himself.
"The president asked him about the (Rolling Stone) article," said a senior administration official.
McChrystal "tried to explain the situation," the official said.
That senior administration official, who briefed reporters, said that once Obama accepted McChrystal's resignation, he wasted no time finding his replacement.
After McChrystal walked out of the White House following his 30-minute face-to-face meeting with the president, the president immediately huddled with a team of advisors to decide who would replace McChrystal.
That group included Vice President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, National Security Advisor Jim Jones and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
For 45 minutes, they mulled over the president's options.
The White House earlier had asked for a list of possible replacements for McChrystal in the event the president replaced him.
Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, was one of those considered. The president chose Petraeus.
There is a continuity -- Petraeus is familiar with all the players in the region and he is familiar to NATO partners.
Then Obama called Petraeus, who was already in the White House Situation Room, into the Oval Office to ask him to take over the mission in Afghanistan.
The meeting lasted for 40 minutes, and Petraeus agreed.
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