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General McChrystal the top General in Afghanistan, a tough General totally respected, and one in harmony with his own men, has been fired by President Obama. He committed an anti PR crime which was in the end unacceptable in Washington, but one has to ask why, what was the real reason for his sacking. To sack someone this good at his job, for a bit pf a magazine PR gaff, in a relatively obscure publication, doesnt seem important enough to warrant such an outcome.
The real feeling is that he had become disillusioned with the war in Afghanistan feeling it to be a pointless exercise. He was also grimly disillusioned with the politicians involved directly with him re Afghanistan. I cant for the moment find his exact quote but it was mouthed on the News programmes last night, but this expression of his refreshed outlook and positioning, if you like, was met by fury in Washington.
The fact of the matter is that this war in Afghanistan is accomplishing very little...diplomats there and now the leading General have been sidelined because of stating their 'unscripted' views...ie that we should talk to the Taliban and that without doing so the whole thing has a grimly pointless air about. It is regretable to see this fresh thinking sidelined as the loss of life there is racheting up at an ever increasing speed and a great many people are in tune with the notion that it has now become pointless. Two steps forward followed by two steps back. Yes..A dark tango for the grim and unholy, and only a handful of politicians from both sides of the Atlantic see any point to it.