Michael Yon on the canning of Lieutenant General David D. McKiernan:
However, General McKiernan did make some statements about additional troops to Afghanistan, and when he made those statements I remember thinking, “He’s going to get fired.” And so those statements were the first thing that came to my mind. McKiernan has been saying we need more troops than are already on the way. I do not have the training or experience to say how many troops we need in Afghanistan, but I know we could use a lot more than we have there now. Yet it did seem like General McKiernan was pushing the envelope. That doesn’t make him a bad general in my eyes. His envelope-pushing speaks of professional courage and honesty, but also one can imagine that leadership might want to keep some opinions in-house.
Is the one looking for military victory in Afganistan, or just another scapegoat? The Obama adminstration has collected a lot of scalps but has little to show for it.
Tags: afganistan, Afghanistan, courage, general mckiernan, Honesty, leadership, lieutenant general, michael yon, military victory, pushing the envelope, scalps, scapegoat, speaking truth to power, truth
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