Statesman: Obama Did Right Thing

RE: The Runaway General: Stanley McChrystal, Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House / Michael Hastings , Rolling Stone

President Obama had no choice. Then he made the best possible choice. That was the prevailing reaction from Idaho political leaders Wednesday, as Obama booted Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the insubordinate U.S. commander in Afghanistan, who turned Rolling Stone magazine into his own personal millstone. The delegation also supported the president’s choice of a successor: Gen. David Petraeus, a former leader of U.S. operations in Iraq, and most recently McChrystal’s superior as head of the Central Command/ Kevin Richert , Idaho Statesman. More here .

• Cutline: President Barack Obama, accompanied by Gen. David Petraeus, announces in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Wednesday that Petraeus would replace Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal as the commander of Western forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Question: Have you read the Rolling Stone article that got General Stanley McChrystal fired? What did you think of it?