BU Now » Afghan situation http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 The general and the president http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/23/the-general-and-the-president/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/06/23/the-general-and-the-president/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:25:21 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=6084 Obama & McChrystalGeneral Stanley McChrystal met privately with President Obama over contemptuous remarks the general and his staff made about top administration officials in a magazine article.  Shortly thereafter, Obama relieved the McChrystal of his command as head of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.  International relations Professor Andrew Bacevich, a retired Army officer and authority on U.S. military and diplomatic history, says in a New York Daily News commentary that Obama should have pocketed any McChrystal resignation and tell him to get back to work pending the planned December formal assessment of the Afghan situation.

“But if by December the outlook for Afghanistan remains bleak, a change of command in Kabul will be very much in order – not for insubordination but for incompetence.”

Contact Andrew Bacevich, 617-358-0194, bacevich@bu.edu

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