Gen McChrystal goes ass to mouth with his foot.

[Zebra]

I’m sure he’ll be commentating on FOX very soon.

[Rigamarole]

@Chefguy

Obama’s statement about welcoming debate but not tolerating division was right on the mark. What a stupid way to end his Army career. The downside is that we’ll probably see him run for office.

Palin / McChrystal '12?

[Chefguy]

@Rigamarole

Palin / McChrystal '12?

I’m sure he would run on a platform of “I stood up for Murkins and was shit on”, conveniently leaving out the part about being an insubordinate asshole.

[Little_Nemo]

A true American Hero. A man who stood up for what he believed in. A latter day John Wayne, willing to sacrifice for the greater good and American values.

I’m assuming you’re being ironic but the problem is that a lot of people are going to look back and “remember” it this way. They’ll assume McChrystal resigned over some major principle. So let’s remember what it was McChrystal really did - he got caught making fun of his bosses behind their backs.

[Contrapuntal]

@Michael_Ellis

You might almost call Obama “uppity”!

Nevertheless, he isarticulate and clean.

[PrettyVacant]

@Little_Nemo

I’m assuming you’re being ironic but the problem is that a lot of people are going to look back and “remember” it this way. They’ll assume McChrystal resigned over some major principle. So let’s remember what it was McChrystal really did - he got caught making fun of his bosses behind their backs.

Sure.

I just couldn’t help but think of how people from central America love flying into Ronald Reagan Airport.

[SoulFrost]

@kaylasdad99

Well, maybe not.

Whoa. I wonder where THAT came from. You’re like the master of the mixed message here. You start by giving me a link to address my confusion, then you follow it up with a dose of hostility to evidently discourage me from opening it.This is about the mean things I’ve been saying about the Designated Hitter rule, isn’t it?

PROTIP: if you’ve got someone on ignore, don’t respond directly to them, even if someone you don’t have on ignore quotes one of their posts.

Oh, and since you’re not going to see this (nobody would be so churlish as to quote it just so he does, would they? Naaahhh.): :p:smack::dubious::p:smack::dubious:

ptthblblttthhhblbl

Wouldn’t dream of it.

Though anyone who thinks that kaylasdad is either illiterate or an imbecile can’t have much in the way of opinions that matter.
Didn’t McChrystal bite Bush on the ass, too? For his anti-politician stance toward both sides of the spectrum, I’d fire his ass… then hire him as an advisor.

[woodstockbirdybird]

@PrettyVacant

Sure.

I just couldn’t help but think of how people from central America love flying into Ronald Reagan Airport.

Well, to be fair, most of the people in Central America who were affected by Reagan’s policies have been dead for a decade and a half.

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

@PrettyVacant

Sure.

I just couldn’t help but think of how people from central America love flying into Ronald Reagan Airport.

Yeah, because those of us that live in “flyover country” are just a bunch of Reagan-worshipping, gun-toting, Palin-loving, Fox News watching, drooling rubes.

Nice.

ETA or did you mean people from Nicaragua, Honduras, etc???

[Bosstone]

@FoieGrasIsEvil

ETA or did you mean people from Nicaragua, Honduras, etc???

Yeeeah, that. Defensive much?

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

@Bosstone

Yeeeah, that. Defensive much?

Only with you, big boy.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@FoieGrasIsEvil

Yeah, because those of us that live in “flyover country” are just a bunch of Reagan-worshipping, gun-toting, Palin-loving, Fox News watching, drooling rubes.

Gotta say, if y’all think Central America refers to flyover country, you’re not doing much to dispel the rubes thing.

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

@Left_Hand_of_Dorkness

Gotta say, if y’all think Central America refers to flyover country, you’re not doing much to dispel the rubes thing.

Maybe, except it wasn’t capitalized, it was “central America”, not “Central America”. I’m sure you’ll understand my confusion. I’m sure the poster meant “The Midwest”. Or maybe he’s Manuel Noriega.

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

From the BBC

Republican senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, who had criticised Gen Stanley McChrystal’s comments in the Rolling Stone magazine, came out immediately to “applaud” Mr Obama’s decision’s to name Central Command (CentCom) chief Gen David Petraeus as Gen McChrystal’s replacement.

And they say the BBC never lies

[Jophiel]

@Rigamarole

Palin / McChrystal '12?

I’ve heard a couple people in various places say this or something like it. I don’t know how serious you are but, per Marc Ambinder in The Atlantic:

Even more about McChrystal: now it can be told. The story about him voting for Obama is not contrived. He is a political liberal. He is a social liberal. He banned Fox News from the television sets in his headquarters. Yes, really. This puts to rest another false rumor: that McChrystal deliberately precipitated his firing because he wants to run for President.

[PlainJain]

@Chefguy

Gone, baby, gone. Good move, IMO.

Good, fuck him.

[Chimera]

Despondency in his HQ. “People are shocked. People are upset.”

Yup, them bitches about to be fired too.

Who called Gen. Jones a “clown”? Pack your bags, you’re done. Count your ass lucky it’s not the dishonorable discharge you deserve.

[Nava]

@Oscalo

Personally I’m more offended by the fact that McChrystal’s favorite beer is Bud Light Lime. Ewwwww.

Rolling Stone's McChrystal Profile Helps No One

Ewww indeed… isn’t that an offence under OSHA, or something? Oh, wait, having no tastebuds isn’t illegal, is it?

[kaylasdad99]

@kaylasdad99

You have heard of a “retired general,” haven’t you?

@TWDuke

Yeah, I have. Thanks for asking.

You’re welcome. That’s pretty much synonymous with “former general.”

@hajario

I thought they faded away.

Heh.

Unless I totally misunderstood my military orientation factoids some thirty years ago, retiring from the military places you for life in the inactive reserve. It’s not impossible for a retired military person to be called back into active duty. Hence, a retired general is not necessarily completely the same as “former general.” Just pretty much.

Marines are a different story. It’s my understanding that even without retiring, an honorably discharged Marine considers himself (or herself) a Marine for life, and is so considered by other Marines.

[hajario]

@kaylasdad99

Unless I totally misunderstood my military orientation factoids some thirty years ago, retiring from the military places you for life in the inactive reserve. It’s not impossible for a retired military person to be called back into active duty. Hence, a retired general is not necessarily completely the same as “former general.” Just pretty much.

I believe that they have to formally resign their commission which isn’t usually done.

Marines are a different story. It’s my understanding that even without retiring, an honorably discharged Marine considers himself (or herself) a Marine for life, and is so considered by other Marines.

The terminology is former Marine as opposed to ex-Marine.