The Buck Stops Someplace For A Reason.

If you ask me, and you didn't, but this is my turn. People don't find fault with the boss, in public, unless you don't care about your job. How many of you would go public with your dislike of the boss and his board and expect to keep your job? So, what should Obama do with McChrystal? I recall another difficult decision from the past. Pres. Harry Truman fired Gen. Douglass MacArthur, the WW11 hero and commander of the Pacific Theatre who was wildly popular. But the President is in charge and if you don't like it, get out of the way. So, what should Obama do with McChrystal? I though I just asked that. They can sit down, Obama and McChrystal, but short of a very humble apology by McChrystal and a brave acceptance by Obama, the general will have to go. Probably to run for office in the opposition party. It's not that the general is doing a bad job. I'm not sure if he's doing a good or bad job, it's that the team needs to be playing together. If the tight end is badmouthing the quarterback, somebody has to go. In fact, didn't that happen not too long ago? If the team wants any hope of winning, they need to pocket their mouths and play like a team. That's a message for the president, Mr. President, presidents lead. If you don't do that, you will be benched in the second half. In the movie "The Replacements" the coach, played by Gene Hackman, had a line that was great. He said "winners always want the ball". Well, Mr President, do you want the ball? If you do, then lead boldly. Harry Truman made the line "the buck stops here" popular. So, Mr. President, if you want to lead, except responsibility and lead boldly.