Keep It Private, McChrystal, or Quietly Resign

Afghanitan's General McChrystal has acted inappropriately in publicly commenting on what the President should decide as to American strategy in Afghanistan:

In a speech in London on Thursday, Gen. Stanley McChrystal publicly
intervened in the debate over Afghanistan. Vice President Biden has suggested
that we focus on fighting al-Qaeda and refrain from using our troops to prop up
the government of President Hamid Karzai. But when this strategic option was
raised at his presentation, McChrystal said it was a formula for "Chaos-istan."
When asked whether he would support it, he said, "The short answer is: No."

As commanding general in Afghanistan, McChrystal has no business making
such public pronouncements. Under law, he doesn't have the right to attend the
National Security Council as it decides our strategy. To the contrary, the
Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 explicitly names the chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff as the National Security Council's exclusive military adviser. If the
president wanted McChrystal's advice, he was perfectly free to ask him to
accompany Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, when the council held
its first meeting on Afghanistan this week.

But Obama did not extend the invitation, even though McChrystal was
leaving Kabul and could have gone to Washington easily.