We are missing something here. McChrystal has a long record of breaking things where ever he was posted. His command post in Iraq was a black ops operation, where he was famous (infamous) for hunting down key terrorists. He also was in charge of the prison at Camp Nama, where much of the alleged prisoner abuse took place. This is one hard guy.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1897542,00.html
Then, he takes over in Afghanistan and starts pushing rules of engagement that are limp wristed and silly. He fervently enforces them. There is nothing about McChrystal’s background that would suggest he would go soft on anyone. My guess is that the Obama administration ordered him to “sell the soft war approach” and it stuck in his craw. It just may be that McChrystal couldn’t take it any more:
It will be extremely dangerous for Obama if McChrystal is required to testify before congress. I am sure the Obama administration will try desperately to prevent that. I am not sure they can succeed, because this is far too public and just too juicy to ignore. Perhaps McChrystal lost one too many good men because of the rules of engagement demanded by a Commander in Chief he cannot respect.
TDM