06/24/10
A Source close to President Obama
described this as a sad, tragic day;
it was certainly
a day of consequence.
The Oval Office meeting between
the President and the General was
tense and short, only 30 minutes,
after which Stanley McChrystal's
command in Afghanistan
came to an abrupt
and inglorious end.
It started with
those disparaging remarks
McChrystal and his aides
made about
the President and key members of
his national security team
in Rolling Stone magazine.
The conduct represented
in the recently published article
does not meet the standard
that should be set
by a commanding general.
In some ways, General McChrystal
made it easy for the President.
He didn't put up much of a fight,
as one official told me,
"The General knew what was
coming and he took it like a man."
大統領の側近は今日を
“残念な日”と表現。
過ちの結果が表れた。
大統領とのわずか30分間の
緊迫した会談のあと―
マクスタル司令官は
不名誉な形で地位を失った。
事の始まりは司令官の侮辱的な発言。
雑誌の取材で
大統領らを批判したのだ。
記事から読み取れるような態度は―
司令官として許されません。
司令官は特に逆らわず―
きぜんと受け止めていたと
関係者は語った。
