Patriotic Federalist

Full Article here, in case you didn’t read the article that cost the General his career.  I don’t read Rolling Stone, but I did read the article since they were firing a man over it. Yes, I know he submitted his resignation, but I can assure you he was given a choice of getting fired or submitting that.

First and foremost, I think it was a stupid move to even talk to Rolling Stone magazine.  IF you were going to do that, do it without your aides and preferably have them submit their questions in writing first so you can draft a response that won’t offend your thin-skinned boss.  Then you can answer any followup questions and be done with it.  It seems most of the bad quotes are from his aides.  I don’t really care for this man because he voted for Obama.  That alone tells me he is probably more of a politician than a soldier.  It also tells me he does not have a firm grasp on which presidential candidate would have followed the path of our founding fathers versus the path of hype, anti-gun pursuits,  and socialism.  So I am glad to see him go.

That all aside, I think he got a bad deal and was the scapegoat for Obama to make it look like he was tough leader.  Hussein stated “the conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. It undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system. And it erodes the trust that’s necessary for our team to work together to achieve our objectives in Afghanistan.”

I can tell you that almost EVERY veteran and active duty member I know can’t stand the sight of this President or the top 5 civilian leaders and much of Congress.  Primarily because they are the enemy within that is taking this country down a path of self destruction and ignoring the wishes of the people.  They see the wars going back to politicians running the war and setting unrealistic rules up so there will be failure (see Vietnam reasons for failure).

I think the aides should have kept their mouth shut around the media (like we all do) to give the appearance of support of this poor leader.  Even though Hussein sucks as a leader, you can’t openly be against him or you might get fired.  In this case you got your boss fired.

I wouldn’t want  to be the Generals replacement.  The cards are stacked against him.  I hope for our troops sake, that the mid-term elections in 180 days makes REAL change for the country.