Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman View Post
errrrrr.....
So what did he do to make the pentagon want a special forces commander in place ?
When Generals get pink-slipped in the US, it's not usually for something they've done, rather a failure to achieve some goal.

My guess is that Gen. McKiernan had been given a major objective to achieve within a defined time-period, and did not get the job done. So now he, and his approach, are both being binned, and they're gonna take a new direction with a new local boss.

Within 30 days, we'll probably also see some other heads roll (i.e. transfers out-of-theater) of some Brigadiers and Colonels, chiefly on the Plans and Ops staffs.