- "Many interesting conjectures about General McChrystal's
eruption in public and his subsequent dismissal by President Obama. A connection
in the Pentagon mentioned to me earlier today that his view, and those
of his associates, is that the General could see that there would be no
military victory in Afghanistan and that the subsequent public annoyance
would promptly be blamed on him. Also, I am told, there is bitter animosity
between the CIA and the U.S. Army over the former's use of drones to blast
civilian areas, regardless of the number of innocent civilians killed or
maimed by the attacks.
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- The CIA doesn't care what the Army thinks about this
and the latter are worried that they will take the heat for something that
was ordered by the White House but with plausable deniability on their
part. Another reason for McChrystal's insubordination. Now, he can speak
out as he chooses and it has been said that he could well be a viable candidate
in the next Presidential elections. Perhaps the Man on the White Horse
is at hand, perhaps not, but in any case, the next commander in Afghanistan
must reckon with being stuck with the failure of the White House policies."
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