McChrystal puts Obama on the spot in Afghanistan
S EVERAL wars ago, bluntness got Gen. George S. Patton in trouble. In another one a few years later, it got Gen. Douglas MacArthur fired. The United States has a long tradition of military subservience to civilian leadership, which is as it should be.
This week, Gen. Stanley McChrystal , the Afghanistan ground commander, is being accused of violating that tradition after a London speech and a question-and-a...
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