Dishing it out

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The generation before mine may relate General Stanley McChrystal's recent insubordination concerning Afghanistan to the set-to Harry Truman and the Army's icon, Douglas MacArthur, had in 1951 concerning the Korean conflict.

MacArthur was ultimately fired, and Truman's popularity subsequently hit a low since challenged only by Georgie AWOL. If McChrystal gets the ax, I suspect few people will care for a variety of reasons: McChrystal is hardly the war hero MacArthur was, people may now understand the notion of a chain of command, and it's problematic how many care about Afghanistan in the first place.