He is Gone

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

everyone is missing the forest for the trees.
the headline should be - a seasoned combat general with years of service for this country has no respect for our president

neither do you.
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[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Nebe

neither do you.
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Very true
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[Nebe]

I hate to say this, but our national unity is pretty much non existent. Whats that saying we were all taught in school? "United we stand, divided we fall?" Holy crap... our division has reached the highest tears of our society.
What is it going to take to unite this broken country again? Youve got the republicans who want to screw the poor.. the democrats that want to screw the rich.. and its just a viscous cycle that has been repeating itself for hundreds of years..

China is looking at us right now and is wringing its hands with delight.

[JohnR]

This was political. There are several highly qualified and respected Generals (General Mattis anyone?) that could step up into command in AFG and leave the Theater Commander in his job overseeing AFG AND IRAQ. So now one of Petraeus' former subordinates now becomes his boss and probably with less clout to argue, plan, and scrounge for the two wars in that theatre.

Perhaps Gen. Petraeus will be doing BOTH jobs in which case he may not be able to do either very well.

Nahhh, this is political. This is an effort to reach for some street cred with a name the general public know versus ones they don't know.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by JohnR

This was political. There are several highly qualified and respected Generals (General Mattis anyone?) that could step up into command in AFG and leave the Theater Commander in his job overseeing AFG AND IRAQ.

Tangentially patting myself of the back. General Mattis, pending Senate confirmation, will be the next CENTCOM commander. This is good news for those that hope we succeed (as opposed to those that could care less)