Posted June 24th, 2010 by Janet
In these days of fast news and embedded journalists information was given and written which caused a breakdown in the chain of command of one of our countries’ leading generals. Relationships are always a challenge but in the middle of a war miles from home they can become even more difficult.
“U.S. President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal during a brief meeting at the White House today after a magazine article attributed incendiary comments to him and his staff about the conduct of the war in Afghanistan and some of the civilian leaders who manage it.”
“The president announced in a brief statement from the Rose Garden that he had nominated Central Command’s top officer, Gen. David Petraeus, to succeed McChrystal.”
Our hope is that this disruption will not impact the war negatively. That our fighting men and women will prevail and they will accomplish the goal that our country has asked them to do.