.MaddowBlog: Former commander of US forces in Afghanistan endorses Joe Biden
Stanley McChrystal speaks during the annual Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2016.Donald Trump kicked off 2019 with a tweet attacking retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal."'General' McChrystal got fired like a dog by Obama," the Republican presidentMcChrystal, of course, is a highly decorated four-star general and combat veteran who devoted nearly all of his adult life to serving his country.
During an MSNBC appearance, the retired general described Biden as someone who is"humble enough to listen to experts and who is humble enough to respect people who serve and have served."military service, dismissing fallen heroes as"losers" and"suckers." There are a couple of relevant angles to this. Right off the bat, it's important to note that Barack Obama fired McChrystal after the general'sSo why is he endorsing the former vice president now?"I think my willingness to endorse him now should signal to people that there was a respectful relationship then and just how important I think it is to replicate that kind of respectful relationship between senior military and leaders now," McChrystal said of Biden this morning.
But it's also worth acknowledging just how many retired U.S. military leaders, many of whom have been apolitical for decades, have stepped up to denounce Trump, endorse Biden, or both. Indeed, McChrystal's news comes on the heels of retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq,Those criticisms came just two weeks after retired Adm. Bill McRaven, the former commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, perhaps best known as the Navy SEAL who oversaw the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, made similar public comments.
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