Yesterday President Barack Obama accepted the resignation (i.e., he fired) General Stanley McChrystal. His replacement is General David Petraeus, the architect of the surge in Iraq. This is the same General Petraeus that Moveon.org, the George Soros funded progressive group, took out a full page ad referring to his as General Betray Us. He's being appointed by the same President who, as a Senator, refused to condemn the ad. He's the same General who was berated by then Senator Obama for his surge strategy in Iraq and it's imminent failure (whoops!). Don't get me wrong, if McChrystal was going to be relieved of his responsibilities in Afghanistan I couldn't be happier with the appointment of Petraeus (who is actually taking a demotion to take over there), but it's hard to look at this situation and not think of President Obama as incompetent. On the other hand, he does deserve credit for making the right decision.
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