Sayonara: Obama Relieves McChrystal, Appoints Petraeus to replace him
• CNN.comGen. Stanley McChrystal has been relieved of his position as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, according to a top national security source. President Obama will make a statement at 1:30 p.m. ET...
Webster Tarpley, with his usual spot-on deep analysis has been calling this one for a while.
New York Times Planted Story on Afghan Mineral Wealth Designed to Prolong US Occupation, Spur Neocon-Backed Petraeus Presidential Candidacy http://tarpley.net/2010/06/18/afghan-mineral-wealth-designed-to-prolong-us-occupation/
Tarpley says, and I certainly agree, that it's all part of the run-up to Petraeus' 2012 presidential candidacy. Then it's Fourth Reich time.
Towards the Eighteenth Brumaire of General David Petraeus?
http://tarpley.net/2010/06/23/towards-the-eighteenth-brumaire-of-general-david-petraeus/
Could be McChrystal didn't want to be the man-in-charge of another failed war when America has to finally pull out of Afganistan. Better to be fired for calling a spade-a-spade than be logged in history as the General who lost the war.