A few Good Men.

[paladin06]

A TRUE STORY ABOUT GEN McChrystal's resignation in Obama's office.
Worth reading from Gen McChrystal's book.
NEVER STAND IN LINE AGAIN (Gen. Stanley McChrystal

Some men carry and handle their diplomacy better than others........

When former U.S. Military commander in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, was called into the Oval Office by Barack Obama, he knew things weren't going to go well when the President accused him of not supporting him in his political role as President.

"It's not my job to support you as a politician, Mr. President, it's my job to support you as Commander-in-Chief," McChrystal replied, and he handed Obama his resignation.
Not satisfied with accepting McChrystal's resignation the President made a cheap parting shot. "I bet when I die you'll be happy to pee on my grave."
The General saluted. "Mr. President, I always told myself after leaving the Army I'd never stand in line again."

 

[tallhair]

What and awesome one liner and zinger!

 

[Budnicks]

What and awesome one liner and zinger!

X2 I love it...

 

[scotts74birds]

Love it! And for the record, to this day, after the military, I refuse to stand in line for food again. Cant do buffets or weddings. I wait till everyone's done. If it's all gone, so what.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Good story, but snopes says it's fake.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/standing.asp


As for what did transpire during that final Oval Office meeting between President Obama and General McChrystal, the latter said in a January 2013 interview with NBC's Today program that he wouldn't reveal the details of their conversation but maintained the encounter was "very professional" in tone and that the two men parted on good terms:
McChrystal said he met President Obama with resignation in hand when he arrived at the White House immediately after the June 2010 publication of the article, "The Runaway General." The article depicted McChrystal and his close aides disparaging the president and administration leaders, and not only ended his post as commander in Afghanistan but prematurely concluded a 34-year military career for the West Point graduate. He was immediately replaced by his supervisor at the time, Gen. David Petraeus.

McChrystal would not disclose what Obama said to him during their meeting after the article ran, saying "what is said between the president and I [sic] in the Oval Office really needs to be between us."

However, he described the tone as "very professional" and said his relationship with the president, both then and now, was a good one.
When Gen. McChrystal retired from the Army, President Obama allowed him to retain his four-star rank in retirement, waiving a rule that requires a four-star officer to hold that rank for three years in order to keep it during retirement. (McChrystal had been awarded his fourth star the previous year.)

 

[paladin06]

Me either.

Love it! And for the record, to this day, after the military, I refuse to stand in line for food again. Cant do buffets or weddings. I wait till everyone's done. If it's all gone, so what.

 

[Budnicks]

Good story, but snopes says it's fake.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/standing.asp

Extremely Left leaning, Snopes is a joke most the time too... You can't trust everything you read on the internet ever !!, even from the supposed fact checking sites, all seem to have an agenda now, also...

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even if it's not true, is a great story....

 

[coloradodave]

Budnicks isn't going to see this because he 'ignores' me, but do any of you actually think that this was a TRUE conversation between the President of the United States and a Four Star General? If you do, you obviously never spent any time in the military. The Chain Of Command is still the Chain Of Command... also, reread the last paragraph of the Snopes article. You CAN check THAT out.