McChrystal Must Go. Shame.

Rubbishing your Commander-in-Chief and his close aides in public is rarely the best strategy. Sadly, General Stanley McChrsytal will, today, no doubt get his "marching orders" from the Afghan theatre.

Shame. McChrystal is clearly a fine soldier and leader. The allied side in the Afghan theatre of war will be the loser.

But one cannot help but wonder whether the loss of the actual US Commander-in-Chief President Obama himself would be felt as keenly? I have no doubt it would - but for a whole bunch of positive reasons. In an age when speaking the truth publicly is becoming increasingly difficult to do - especially if you want to keep your job - a man needs to have "options".

I therefore have a suggestion. If the 'unemployed' Stanley might care to go into politics and stand against any of the crew of the Chicago-mafia 'close aides' (bar Robert Gates) that currently run the White House administration, my guess is victory would be assured.

Here's a piece by the excellent Michael Barone of the Washington Examiner on the whole incident and how it might make "kick ass" Obama start providing real leadership "whether he likes it or not".

Sorry Michael, but (as I suspect you know), never gonna happen.