Army Times reported November 2 that a perceived rift between President Barack Obama and General Stanley McChrystal, the senior U.S. commander on the ground in Afghanistan, is being strongly denied by officials in McChrystal's headquarters.
The story says, "Their comments reflect concern here over how some commentators and politicians in the U.S. have characterized the debate about the way forward in Afghanistan in terms that appear to pit McChrystal and other military leaders against the White House. 'Our concern here is, why would individuals back there subscribe to Gen. McChrystal any notion that he’s got a difference of opinion with his civilian masters, in the White House, [the National Security Council], anywhere, the secretary of defense?' said a senior official with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, which McChrystal heads. 'There’s nobody that understands better than he does his responsibility and where he fits in all that. And it’s really frustrating that this has become a Washington-contrived rift when there is no [rift].'"
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/army_afghanistan_debate_103009w/
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Nor when you have a situation where campaigns are being held up because of a lack of clear strategic goals/vision from the White House, it's a clear signal to all concerned the lack of seriousness at the very top of the US leadership.
Maybe?