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is when Ike took out McArthur.....but those where different times, strategy...we knew just who we were fighting and both the Commander-in-chief and The General of the Army had both class, integrity and dignity.



Another difference is that McArthur was a massively popular pop-culture figure. Firing McArthur was like being a guy who fired Elvis, told him he can't sing no more. Everybody would hate you.

This Stanley McChrystal guy. I follow the news a lot more than most people and didn't even know he was the general over there. When they talk about him, the pundits will say how well respected by other military insiders he is. But as far as the public goes, this firing is the most press he's gotten, ever.