Here's little Petey in today's Daily Beast:
[Obama] should use McChrystal’s transgression to install a general who will publicly and unambiguously declare that America’s days in Afghanistan are numbered. He should use this moment not just to show that he won’t tolerate insubordination, but to take control of his foreign policy, as Truman did in 1951. Calling McChrystal on the carpet isn’t the point; the point is ending a war that could wreck Obama’s presidency. That would be the best revenge.
Compare that to what some other sage said:
So Obama should look for the general who is least enthusiastic about the mission, someone with no faith in counterinsurgency strategy (and there are many of them in the Army), who desperately wants to get the troops out as fast as possible. That's your guy.
I only disagree about the insubordination not being a sufficient point to fire this asshole. Sometimes, in fact, showing everyone who has the biggest metaphorical dick is actually important, and when the issue is over who has control of the military, it's, pardon the pun, no small thing.
