re: #66 albusteve

McChrystal was a spec ops guy who was operating at the behest and discretion of Petraeus and his staff. The special ops stuff is subordinate to the larger role of dealing with the entire theater of operations and all that entails.

Yon’s postings and interactions with McChrystal and his staff showed that he wasn’t up to the task of dealing with the entire theater.

Soldiers (or Generals) may excel in one role but do poorly in others. It happens. It’s the bad judgment on his part that irks me - that he enabled his underlings to openly question the chain of command like that.