A Little More Hypocrisy

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan, has been chastised lately by liberal pundits for his public lobbying for more troops. His views seem to be somewhat at odds with those of the Obama administration.

Those pundits are correct in their views that military officers should respect the chain of command. The President is the Commander-in Chief. As such, the military must defer to his authority.

The irony and hypocrisy of these commentators is amazing, however. I seem to remember many of these same critics applauding generals who disagreed with the Bush Administration's policies in Iraq and Afghanistan. These are the same hypocrites who, when the GOP ran the country said that dissent was the highest form of patriotism, but who now call the tea party protesters and health care reform critics traitors and racists.

If only the media did its job and pointed out these obvious double-standards. But then, the media is no longer a neutral observer reporting facts. Actually, many in the media are among the worst of the hypocrites.

Thank God for Talk Radio and the Internet. Without them, most of us would never learn about the other side of most stories.