Signs of Serious Disagreements Between Military and Obama's Clowns

General McChrystal is being summoned to Obama to apologize for anti-administration comments although the real discussion should be about war policy and the mission in Afghanistan. Clearly the military concerns are not going to be addressed although we already knew that since Obama dithered about Afghanistan for months before deciding to send more troops. It is unfortunate that the regime is so pig-headed and defensive that political opportunism is considered more important than war-time policy but this is contemporary politics as practiced in D.C.

It is certainly the case that American history bears out the view that the military remains under civilian control and McChrystal's comments are ill-considered for public consumption. However, the facade of a lackluster, uninvolved Obama clearly demonstrates that he is no Truman talking to a MacArthur.