24th June 2010, 4:09 PM
It might seem pathetic that Obama got his widdle feewings hurt or whatever, but it's really not that uncommon. Like most everyone else here has been saying, like him or not, Obama is commander-in-chief of the armed forces; he is every soldier's boss. You don't go around publicly bad-mouthing your boss, not if you want to keep your job, anyway. And yeah, there may've been other reasons why Obama fired McChrystal and this was just an excuse, but whatever the case, it really isn't that uncommon for a president to fire a general who stupidly fires his mouth off about the commander-in-chief. As for McChrystal's right to freedom of speech, it's not as if he's being legally prosecuted for his remarks, nor did the government make any effort to censor the article containing his remarks. If I called my boss an asshole to his face, I wouldn't go to prison for it or anything, but you can bet your ass I'd be looking for work right now.