Let's be very clear, a General that offers his resignation to the President is not the same as a General offering his apology to the President; the two words have two distinct meanings, neither is even similar in word origin.
Many people don't want their comments divulged because they are cowards, and they really would rather not have to eat crow and apologize. In essence they're just like the KKK, the White Supremacist Group here in America; it is evident that they don't want to be outed, otherwise they wouldn't hide behind those white sheets.
Look at the rapists you see in the headlines; you see their faces and once you see them as being marked as being a rapist, whether it is true or not, it is hard for you to get that out of your mind. Look at the pedophiles; there is even a National Sex Offender Registry where one can find out if any sex offenders are living in their neighborhood. http://www.nsopw.gov/Core/Conditions.aspx
If they're found to be innocent later, it really doesn't matter; they're lives and or reputations are ruined. We can go on with murders, liars, thieves and so on; their reputations and lives can be ruined because the way that you think of them is exactly how you see them.
The same holds true for the way some people look at African-American People of Color, Black people in this country, who have become doctors, lawyers, judges, a Supreme Court judge and even our President of the United States; there are so many White people in this country, who still visualize Black people as being subservient to White people. You can't get the thoughts of our servitude out of your minds and or the fact that we were once slaves in this country; you see how you think of us is exactly how you see us. This is called racism because so many Whites from earlier generations were taught that they shouldn't associate with Black people because they were lower them. There was a time when Black slaves were only thought of as being 3/5 of a person. http://parablemania.ektopos.com/archives/2010/04/three-fifths.html
Today there are certain so-called religious sects that teach this same kind of exclusion of the (LGBT,) Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. Again how you think of someone is exactly how you see them; whether you think it on your own or whether you have been taught how to hate, the same holds true. The brainwashing of our psyches will have a great effect on how we see others.
When someone says things like Gen. Stanley McChrystal, it is quite evident that he meant exactly what he said when speaking about President Obama and his administration; there are no misstatements here and even though he doesn't deny those statements, there are some people who will believe that he misspoke. Had he not visualized President Obama as he thought of him, he would have never said those words. In my opinion he thought and resented the fact that this African-American Person of Color was not only the President of the United States, but was his boss. Simply put, he decided to show his arrogance, and as I say in my book "Born In The Wrong Country,"-- "Arrogance is not a friend of mine; to me it is almost the equivalent of someone showing their a.. to you in public""; his display wasn't a pretty sight. Perhaps he thought that he could possibly get away with this, so he offered his resignation in advance; perhaps he thought that his boss would not accept it because there was no one to take his place. Wednesday, June 23, 2010, Gen. Stanley McChrystal got a rude awakening.
I believe that McChrystal decided that his ego and arrogance were more important than doing his job. I also believe that he didn't have any respect for his Commander and Chief and our President of this United States of America. Though President Obama has gained respect worldwide, and has been building America's image back up after it had fallen because of the Bush administration. This President who he refused to respect was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because of his Nonproliferation of Arms agenda and bridging the gap to all people of the world including Muslims. Unfortunately there are some people who resent that the fact that President Obama is being hailed a world class leader as he continues building bridges where ever he can.
Stanley McChrystal was called down earlier on Air Force One by President Obama because of his attitude, and things that he said regarding Vice President Biden; he should have taken that as a warning, but decided to continue to temp fate.
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