“First things first: General David Petraeus stands no chance whatever as a Presidential candidate. He would make the McCain campaign appear thoughtful and well organized. Barack Obama’s wet dream should be that the GOPers nominate him. Second things second: General McChrystal has been openly insubordinate and — so far — has not even demonstrated his ability to do anything besides ask for more troops. In fact, since replacing General McKiernan, he actually seems to be losing the war more quickly than his predecessor, despite having thousands more troops under his command. Third things third: The US military doesn’t actually have available the 60-80,000 troops that McChrystal is demanding. At least not without breaking the back of our force rotation. Final things final: We have no mission in Afghanistan.” (11/03/09)