Obama thought keeping general would undermine civilian command
(NEWSER) - One paragraph into “the Runaway General,” Barack Obama was pretty sure he’d fire Stanley McChrystal. An hour after the president got the Rolling Stone article, aides were summoned to discuss the possibility. “There was a basic meeting of the minds,” Rahm Emanuel tells the New York Times . “This was not good for the mission, the military, and morale.” The only one who really objected was Robert Gates, who met Obama one-on-one Tuesday to express his concern that McChrystal was essential to the mission. More»
