Why did mcchrystal resigned

The article goes on to paint McChrystal as a man who "has managed to piss off almost everyone with a stake in the conflict," including U. Obama is not named as one of McChrystal's "team of rivals. Of Eikenberry, who railed against McChrystal's strategy in Afghanistan in a cable leaked to The New York Times in January, the general is quoted as saying, "'Here's one that covers his flank for the history books.

Now if we fail, they can say, "I told you so. Hastings writes in the profile that McChrystal has a "special skepticism" for Holbrooke, the official in charge of reintegrating Taliban members into Afghan society and the administration's point man for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Both Democrats and Republicans have been strongly critical of McChrystal in the wake of the story. House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, D-Wisconsin, called McChrystal the latest in a "long list of reckless, renegade generals who haven't seemed to understand that their role is to implement policy, not design it.

McChrystal is "contemptuous" of civilian authority and has demonstrated "a bull-headed refusal to take other people's judgments into consideration. Byron Dorgan, D-North Dakota, became the first member of the Senate Democratic leadership to call for McChrystal to step down, telling CNN that the remarks were "unbelievably inappropriate and just can't be allowed to stand.

He said the controversy was sending a message of "confusion" to troops in the field. I think it has "a negative effect" on the war effort, he said. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, urged a cooling off period before a final decision is rendered on the general. My "impression is that all of us would be best served by just backing off and staying cool and calm and not sort of succumbing to the normal Washington twitter about this for the next 24 hours.

John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Jim Webb of Virginia -- also key senators on defense and foreign policy issues -- were each strongly critical of McChrystal's remarks, but noted that the general's future is a decision for Obama to make. Karzai weighed in from abroad, urging Obama to keep McChrystal as the U. The government in Kabul believes McChrystal is a man of strong integrity who has a strong understanding of the Afghan people and their culture, Karzai spokesman Waheed Omar said.

Mike Mullen and other officials referenced in the story, including Holbrooke, Eikenberry and Jones. An official at the U. Embassy in Kabul said Eikenberry and McChrystal "are both fully committed" to Obama's Afghan strategy and are working together to implement the plan. The comments made by McChrystal and other top military aides during the interview were "not off-the-cuff remarks," he said. They "knew what they were doing when they granted the access. He said he "got word from McChrystal's staff The long tradition of civilian control of the military -- wrecked.

For a counterinsurgency to work -- and they are hard to pull off -- militants need to be challenged along a broad spectrum of conflict: from armed coercion to economic persuasion.

And for that to happen, you need a team of diplomats and troops working closely together. That clearly wasn't happening under McChrystal. Single, Review. Because the stakes were always higher. People could die. Any corporal or captain who publicly disparaged a bunch of superior officers in such vivid terms would pay a grave price. I saw no way to apply a different set of rules to a four-star general, no matter how gifted, courageous, or decorated he was.

It no doubt had made him a better leader and accounted for the fierce loyalty he elicited from the troops under his command. It also threatened to erode a bedrock principle of our representative democracy, and I was determined to put an end to it. He seemed chastened but composed. To his credit, he made no excuses for his remarks. He simply apologized for his mistake and offered his letter of resignation.

I explained why, despite my admiration for him and my gratitude for his service, I had decided to accept it. What I want is for people to do their damn jobs. I mean it.