"What Can You Do with a General?"

Gen. Stanley McChrystal's Complex Conudrum

It seems strange enough that a military commander is granting interviews to Rolling Stone, but the fallout is stranger yet. Eliot A. Cohen [click to read] in the Wall Street journal gives a good overview of the larger issues. Joel Rosenberg [click to read] has some good thoughts as well.

SWAC Girl [click to read] has some thoughts on the situation and references the complex 'rules of engagement' that virtually guarantee the spending of young lives with minimal results.

What is needed is for someone with a clear sense of history to take McChrystal's place and bluntly deal with the very real threats that confront us. Unfortunately our President is more intent on waging war with oil companies and Arizona than real terrorists. That does not give a person great hope in this situation.