Published June 23, 2010

NECN has video of Sen. John Kerry’s remarks about the greatest story of military insubordination since Gen. MacArthur in Korea.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal is quoted disparaging the Obama administration in a Rolling Stone article (it’s up, read it).

“As far as I’m concerned, personally, the top priority is our mission in Afghanistan and our ability to proceed forward competently. It will be up to the president of the United States as commander in chief to make the decision as to whether or not he and his national security staff feel that they can do that,” Kerry said Tuesday, after speaking with McChrystal.

“All of us would be best served by just backing off, staying cool and calm, not succumbing to the normal Washington twitter about this.”

Or the Washington Twitter about this: McChrystal is a trending topic.

Update: Kerry is awfully gentle, given that McChrystal’s people accused him of “diplomatic incoherence”:

Politicians like McCain and Kerry, says another aide, “turn up, have a meeting with Karzai, criticize him at the airport press conference, then get back for the Sunday talk shows. Frankly, it’s not very helpful.”

Update: President Obama has accepted McChrystal’s resignation.