POTUS has only spoken to Commander General Stanley McChrystal "once"

[easymoney]

How often would one imagine that a wartime President, as Commander in Chief, would meet in the first eight months of his term with the overall commander of the theater of war that this President had said was too often overlooked by his predecessor? Once a month? Especially given how much public consideration this President has given the political and strategic questions of the fight, perhaps that might be once a week over the last couple of months?
How about once a … lifetime?

The military general credited for capturing Saddam Hussein and killing the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq says he has only spoken to President Obama once since taking command of Afghanistan.
“I’ve talked to the president, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC [video teleconference],” General Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday.
“You’ve talked to him once in 70 days?” Mr. Martin followed up.
“That is correct,” the general replied.

In June 2008, Barack Obama said that it was time for a redeployment from Iraq that “refocuses on Afghanistan and our broader security interests.” In the same speech, he committed to “taking the fight to al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. … as President, I will make the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be. This is a war that we have to win.”
Five months later, Obama won the election and prepared his transition. That was ten months ago. If Afghanistan is his “top priority” and “a war that we have to win,” wouldn’t Obama have carved out a little time in his schedule to meet with the man tasked with winning it more than once since appointing him in June? It may have forced him to skip a Wagyu beef dinner and perhaps a night on the town in New York City, but those are the sacrifices that a CinC has to make from time to time.
In comparison, how many conversations will Obama have in Copenhagen to land the Olympics for Chicago? What does that say about the Commander in Chief’s priorities?

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UPDATE 2-Olympics-Obama to fly to Copenhagen to support Chicago

A personal appearance by Obama, the first by a sitting U.S. president at an Olympic session, could potentially play a crucial role in swaying votes by International Olympic Committee (IOC) members who must choose between Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo

UPDATE 2-Olympics-Obama to fly to Copenhagen to support Chicago | Reuters

Ah, the "community organizer in chief" , supreme idiot and wastral, is focusing on selling the olympic venue pitch instead of the "two wars" he now has on his plate...

[dglover]

Of course then you have to ask yourself do we really want him involved in our national security?

He has no experience in Military operations.

Maybe he should just leave it to the people that know what they are doing.

He certainly has proven that he doesn't.

[easymoney]

And why do you think he is going to finland to campaign for the olympics in chicago? It's all about him, does anyone really think he would be going if it were not already going to be awarded to chicago? He is a media whore who spends more time in front of the cameras than a mirror...