Is a community organizer qualified to put a battle/military experienced general on the carpet?

yes it is a shame that our military has to tolerate an idiot like Obama giving orders when he has no idea what to actually do and the president is not the ultimate authority,the constitution is,the military holds the constitution as the top authority not the president,so if the president violated the constitution and the congress and senate refused to impeach him which is exactly what they would do as long as democrats hold majority it would fall to the military to remove him from office which would not be that big of a problem for the majority of our armed forces members because they know Obama does not respect or care about the military and the feeling is mutual,they may dislike him but they will still do there duty as long as they consider their orders lawful and constitutionaly legal.

What do you think would happen if a First Lieutenant came out and publicly criticized General McCrystal. Would he be in trouble for breaking Military protocol? Absolutely!

The Constitution of the United States explicitly gives power over the military to the civilian authority. The President is the Commander in Chief. If a general wants to criticize the President he should first resign his commission and become a private citizen.

To all those constitutional conservatives that think the the military shouldn't be subject to military protocol when it comes to the Commander in Chief, you can't have it both ways, you either believe in the Constitution or you don't. You can't pick and choice which parts we should follow and which we don't.

McChrystal should be court martialled, and in fact he should have been fired for lying about Pat Tillman's death. Here is Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice:

“Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

If you do not dismiss Gen. McChrystal, what message does that send to junior officers? The president aside, both Gen. Petraeus and Adm. Mullen have an obligation to hold their four-star field commanders up to the same standard to which they hold lieutenants. Failure to enforce the standard establishes a new standard. And no officer is irreplaceable.

Does ending close to the backside of the Naval academy and by no ability conserving a private sector activity qualify your guy Mccain the Presidency? the guy by no ability even flipped Burgers at Mickey D;s for goodness sakes

...Obama doesn't have the Military experience of a "Garden Gnome" !

He doesn't know the difference between an E-1 from a W-4. Side by side, Obama can't tell the difference between a US Navy Officer from a Coast Guard Officer ! (and) this IDIOT is now the C in C ! May God (Yes, I just used the "G" Word) have mercy on America !

1047 died over the 8 years of Bush in Afghanistan

807 have died in the year and a half of Obama in Afghanistan

Unfortunately the constitution never expected a socialist incompetent as President

McChrystal just wants to save the lives of his men and wants the world to know what a boob the Commander in Chief is. He knows under the conditions imposed by Obama that they can not win and can only hold out as his men are butchered daily.

Just as he leaked the letter last July to force the President to give him more men, he is doing the same thing again, at the risk of his career.

Obama sent half the men, considered by his Generals, necessary to win.

Obama does not want to win. McChrystal does.

As a soldier I am able to and it is my duty to criticize my commanders decisions when I feel they endanger lives. I will pay with either acceptance, or reprimand, charges, and or expulsion.

This lefty site keeps the causality numbers up to date. http://icasualties.org/OEF/index.aspx

No. I have a serious issue with military officers not being able to criticize civilian (aka politician) leadership. Communist militaries have that policy. Ours should not. Our military should be free to speak what they think about the Commander in Chief and he should be held to that standard.

I also don't understand why civilian politicians get to just control the military with no experience. They should at least have been in the military. Since Vietnam politicians have hindered the military because they suck at military leadership and have no concept of warfare.

It is very frightening when a man with ZERO military experience is firing generals who disagree with him, instead of listening to their advice.

Obama's arrogance is showing. He already fired a general in May 2009. This will be his second general thrown under the bus for failing to bow down and worship the Messiah.

With this kind of discord between the Pentagon and the White House, we are perilously close to a coup d'etat.

No

I do understand the need for good order and discipline in the military but I think Obama needs to start listening to his generals more than he listen to Code Pink.

Obama isn't qualified to be President. In fact, there isn't proof he is a legal US citizen. All we have seen is smoke and mirrors. Obama should defer to the serviceman who know what is going on and let them handle the situation.