Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Foot in Mouth Disease

Not a pretty thing when a four-star general is involved.

I don't think it was "poor judgment". I think McChrystal knew exactly what he said. He's been called back for a rug-dance. Even if he survives this gaffe in his current post, if McChrystal has ambitions of going further in the Army, he's done. Generals get fired for this shit. We can suffer the consequences of losing this piss-ant war. We cannot suffer the consequences of undermining the principle of civilian control of the armed forces, regardless of how much the Republicans will bleat and moan about this (as they did nearly sixty years ago).

Or they're supposed to get fired for this shit. Time was that McChrystal would be given an engraved revolver in a felt-lined wooden box and there would be only one round in the cartridge block.

He should do the right thing and fall on his sword. If not, he should be relieved and send off to be the Army liaison officer to the military detachment at the former NAS Adak.

3 comments:

Frank Van Haste said...

Dear Miss Fit:

I find the conflation of Gen. McChrystal's melt-town and poor, exhausted Gen. Petraeus' zoning out at a Senate hearing to be troubling. Is there something going on at the top of the military hierarchy that is stressing the 4-stars to the point of dysfunctionality? Is there soon going to be a Very Loud Noise?

Regards,

Frank

Comrade Misfit said...

Petraeus might have been suffering from jet lag.

Anonymous said...

I read one article that claimed McChrystal was fed up with being considered less than loyal to Obama (for whom he says he voted); it struck me as an odd way to prove loyalty to piss and moan about everything and everyone in the Administration. I do think he might be right to bitch that Afghanistan is not something we can win, alas.