On another blog I'm trying to post something, and the preview feature isn't working. So, I'm putting it here before I post there.

Yes RG, theater. Congress has no business bringing military officials into this. As one of the other commenters said, the general is just following orders.

What the fuck else is the general supposed to say? Anything else would be treason, if he did in fact disagree with his orders. One aspect of our democracy is that the military is powerless in politics, the impotence of the military is designed into the constitution to impede any political action by the military. Maybe his performance is an indication of his malcontent, that he is aware of the fiasco (any idiot can see it by now), but also aware of his own powerlessness to do much about it. Anyway, as I said before, he has no business being there in the first place, and this is what Chris Matthews should be harping on.