Learning to Move On

For John, BLUF:  This is like a dagger thrust to Hillary Clinton.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Retired 4-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal says handing his resignation letter to President Obama taught him a profound lesson about failure

From Business Insider,by Mr Richard Feloni, 26 December 2018.

Here are the three main points of the article:

• Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general in the US Army who led America's Joint Special Operations Command and NATO forces in the War in Afghanistan.
• McChrystal handed in his resignation to President Barack Obama after a critical Rolling Stone article portrayed McChrystal's aides as being disrespectful to Vice President Biden and other officials.
• McChrystal said that the experience taught him that when confronting failure, you cannot relitigate it for the rest of your life — or it'll prevent you from ever moving forward.

Good advice.

And kudos to the Obama Administration for their handling of the situation, including letting General McChrystal retire with all four stars.

Regards  —  Cliff