McChrystal Out, Petraeus In -- L.A. Times
Obama fires the top commander in Afghanistan after McChrystal makes disparaging comments about civilian leaders, published in Rolling Stone. 'I welcome debate, but I won't tolerate division,' the president says.
Reporting from Washington — President Obama ousted his top commander in Afghanistan Wednesday after officials determined that comments he and his staff made in a Rolling Stone magazine article amounted to insubordination.
Obama said he accepted Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's resignation and, in an equally stunning move, said he had appointed Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who once led U.S. forces in Iraq, as his successor.
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My Comment: After serving for 34 years .... General McChrystal's career is now over. Tonight .... the only ones who will be celebrating this turn of events will be the Taliban.
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