I still say the insubordinate bast@rd should have walked in with four stars, left with two and a new posting in Greenland or Antartica.


If it'd of been a Sgt. popping off to a Capt., he'd of lost some stripes and been assigned to some very sh1tty detail. Officers should get the same punishment.

Patraeus got picked because of his experience with this "military action".

Obama is still going to do what he wants to do so it doesn't matter his association with Bush.

Which, of course, makes the Democrat party intellectually dishonest.

If they do confirm Patreus, then the hypocrisy will once again shine through in VERY LOUD tones.

Just a couple of years ago, the Democrats and Liberal media were calling him General 'Betray'us because he didn't go along with the Liberal argument that the war was " unwinnable ".

He was vilified in the media AND on Capitol Hill.

Yet, now, they are lauding Obama's choice.

Talk about a bunch of people that speak from both sides of their mouths.

Sheesh.

No disrespect intended here Mr Thomas.

When I enlisted, we were told, we were now Gov. property and soldiers 24/7.

We also were enlightened about the chain of command.

If we broke that chain, we could get a warning, an article 15, or face a court martial.

If you had any personal thoughts about presidents, it was best to keep them to yourselves.

Considering that he is the one with most experience with this "war", he would be the right choice regardless to past associations.

It doesn't make anyone a hypocrit.

He will be answering to a different president this time. New rules.

I have to disagree with both you and Knight concerning this issue.Don't get me wrong.I believe you have to show respect,and do what your superiors tell you to do with out question.But this idea that you have no right to your own opinion is not only unconstitutional it's also a recipe for Communism.It is true that when you are wearing a military uniform you can not say what ever you feel concerning the President and others in the Military.Doing so could get you into big trouble.

Out of uniform and off of the base is a whole other story.You and your buddies can criticize Obama and call him names from dusk to dawn.Both active and former veterans know there is a base newspaper that is printed every week that discusses these issues.Usually on the last page they have a photos of active military personal and ask them their opinions on these issues.Nobody ever agrees.Half of the people they interview say we are going in the wrong direction the other half say we are going in the right direction.

Even on the official US Army website they have a blog section and a link to their official facebook page which has a discussion section much like Mingle does

http://www.facebook.com/USarmy?v=app_2373072738#!/USarmy?v=app_2373072738

Of course not every single person discussing these issues is active military but a large number are.I know from my previous experiences from living on the base there was lots of times we had meetings with the highest officers including the top commanders where we had a question and answer sessions and we were free to critsize the leaders who were commanding us if it was constructive.

I said earlier that there is no rules in the military that says you have to like who is commanding you.The rules only say you have to do what they say and show respect towards them.Having a difference of opinion concerning the President is not a crime.You can not take every active military member in a room and tell them they have to like everything Obama does because that is not reality.You only have to do what he tells you and do it with out making problems.

McChrystal was not in uniform or was he on the air making these comments.He made them privately and it was his own opinion.He has a right to his opinion.He was not breaking any rules in the military because he was not saying these things directly to those who he was criticizing or was he saying them to a large or small number of active military personal.He said them in private.

This President needs to learn that what active military members say in private is their own business.He may not like it but this is America and not Communist China.You don't fire everyone who doesn't like your ideas,and don't fire them because they didn't vote for you.As long as we have a military you can bet people serving will disagree with your views right or wrong.If I was the President I would be upset with what he said but he didn't say them to my face and he didn't say them on some major media station.He may not like me as a person but he is doing the job he is supposed to do and that is what is most important.

Considering that he is the one with most experience with this "war", he would be the right choice regardless to past associations.

It doesn't make anyone a hypocrit.

He will be answering to a different president this time. New rules.

You obviously weren't paying attention to the demonizing of Patreus that went on BECAUSE of his association with Bush.

Of course, now that the Chosen One has decided to put him in charge, the Libs are all for him.

That does, indeed, make them hypocrites.

Insane Hussein named Bush's General, General Petraeus as the new General in charge, of the war efforts in Afghanistan.

This is the same General the left, Harry we can't win the war Reid, John they swift boated me Kerry, Billary, the pant suit queen Clinton, Joe O Bite me the blabber mouth, Henry wax this Man, and the Liberal Messiah himself who all said we couldn't win the war and Petraeus was incompetent to conduct the war effort.

Suddenly, he has become their Hero replacing Insane Hussein's first pick.

The drive by media blasted Petraeus calling him General Be-tray-us, is now their new Hero, a Bush General.

U nailed that one....Gates is from the Bush administration too ....no wonder Chenny is in the hospital...Chenny is splitting his sides from laughing at Obama. I wonder how many times Chenny has said "I told em so".....