McCrystal put on ICE as the top Commander in Afghanistan - Successor may be named

News within the last two days centers around the United States top military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal. President Obama has called for General McCrystal to return to Washington to explain his recent remarks that will now appear in Friday's Rolling Stone magazine. The profile was written by Michael Hastings, and there are statements in the report that show McChrystal and his staff had imagined ways of dismissing Vice President Joe Biden with a one-liner as they prepared for a question-and-answer session in Paris in April. In a quote directly from the General when asked a question by the reporter, McCrystal said "Are you asking about Vice President Biden?" McChrystal says with a laugh. "Who's that?". "Biden? suggests a top advisor: 'Did you say Bite Me?"
The General never directly criticized President Obama, but the reporter Hastings claims Obama and the general "failed to connect" from the outset after the president took office.

McCrystal is no stranger in managing to upset people as the article claims that he is a man who "has managed to piss off almost everyone with a stake in the conflict," including U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, Special Representative to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and National Security Advisor Jim Jones. In another breathe, McCrystal says "I have enormous respect and admiration for president Obama and his national security team, and for the civilian leaders and troops fighting this war and i remain committed to ensuring its successful outcome."McChrystal said in the closing to his apology.

The apology seems a day late and a dollar short, as President Obama is set to name a replacement for the highest ranking General in Afghanistan. It is expected that the President will name a replacement as early as Wednesday and as late as Friday.