Did you read the Rolling Stone article about the War in Afghanistan and the comments of commanding Gen. Stanley McChrystal?  Then we would all love to be a fly on the wall as the General meets President Obama today.

First, the Rolling Stone story is at http://is.gd/cZQXW .

The White House described President Obama as angry about the details of that story, in which the General dumps on pretty much everyone from the President on down.

"Is McChrystal's job safe?" Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked.

Gibbs didn't do anything except leave the General hanging in the wind, jetting back to Washington for a White House meeting with the President on Wednesday.

"The purpose for calling him here is to see what in the world he was thinking," Gibbs said.

As reporters pointed out, this isn't the first time that the General has been dragged in for a meeting with President Obama.  Last year, it was over negative remarks about the President's plans for Afghanistan.

"How many times can this man be taken to the woodshed by the Commander-in-Chief?" one scribe asked.

"We'll know more about that tomorrow," Gibbs answered, making clear that the General was in deep doo-doo.

"I would say all options are on the table."

"Including firing him?" a reporter interjected.

"I think every option is on the table."

Really, this is an age old story.  The tough-as-nails General being called in by the politician who went to some fancy Ivy League school.

Ole Blood and Guts versus Mr. Academic Do-Gooder.

Sort of reminds me of Col. Jack Ripper, the commander of Burpleson Air Force Base.

"(Clemenceau) once said that war is too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he may have been right...but now, war is too important to be left to the politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought."

I'll let you add the line about "our precious bodily fluids" later on.