* Gen. McChrystal is out for voicing uncomfortable truths about the current amateurish administration (“Out on His Brass,” June 24).
One can understand his frustration when troops are being used as glorified social workers — building mosques, schools and roads — with crippling rules of engagement. They are doing everything except fighting a war.
Brad Morris
Astoria
* McChrystal might have been out of line with some of his statements, but he is not going to be responsible for sending our troops in harm’s way to fight terrorists the way Obama wants them to.
This administration is disgracing us, not McChrystal. McChrystal knows how to fight our enemies, and he would have crushed them if they untied his arms.
Bob Tornese
Yonkers
* Yes, McChrystal showed poor judgment in granting an interview. But, if every government official who used poor judgment were fired, unemployment in Washington, DC, would be 100 percent — which might not be bad for rest of us.
Gary Schwartz
Fort Lee, NJ
* I’m happy to see someone finally speak up to our know-it-all president.
If more politicians and members of the military spoke the truth more often, things might go smoother.
Richard Dilzer
Peru
* Maybe instead of forcing McChrystal to resign, the White House should use his comments to help determine what needs to be fixed with its military policy.
Once again, rather than taking responsibility for what’s wrong, the only way Obama seems to react is by deflecting the blame.
Michael Chimenti
Oakland Gardens
* I don’t think any reasonable person questions Obama’s right to fire McChrystal after the Rolling Stone article.
What I find interesting is the vast difference between Obama’s firing of McChrystal and President Bush’s firing of Adm. William Fallon for essentially the same offense.
The admiral was replaced quickly and without much fanfare. The general was the focus of attention for days.
I smell the fine hand of Rahm “Never Waste a Crisis” Emanuel at work here.
James Kolocotrones
Toms River, NJ
* As a retired Army colonel, I believe McChrystal was wrong to allow his staff to open up to the “Rolling Stone” reporter.
The bigger issue, though, is were the criticisms substantive?
Did Obama ever seem interested in what was going on? I don’t think so.
Pete Drower
New City
* It is true that someone in McChrystal’s position has to keep certain comments to himself, but at least the man was honest.
Edward Giuliano
Hicksville
* Good for McChrystal. He has exposed just how painfully naive Obama is on war policy, not to mention foreign policy.
The reason McChrystal was fired was not for insubordination, but for embarrassing Obama by telling the truth about him.
Alan Shuback
Manhattan
* McChystal was fired for remarks similar to those that scores of other generals have made throughout our history, from Patton to Westmoreland.
That’s what warriors do, but they continue their mission. The punk reporter should be ashamed of himself.
Phil Serpico
Queens