Afghanistan - part deux (or Obama's war now)

[flere-imsaho]

Insightful comment, IMO, from George Will:

McChrystal's disrespectful flippancies, and the chorus of equally disdainful comments from the unpleasant subordinates he has chosen to have around him, emanate from the toxic conditions that result when the military's can-do culture collides with a cannot-be-done assignment.

[SportsDino]

Interesting angle I hadn't considered. I like the comparison to Rome, we are very much committing the same old mistakes.

[molson]

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Insightful comment, IMO, from George Will:

Ya - and that's why the president, and not the general, is the commander-in-chief.

Of course, that hasn't necessarily worked out so well during administrations in the not-to-distant past, but ya, it works great in theory.