You’re going to love this. The One is reportedly pissed that General McChrystal, the man he hand-picked to lead the fight in Afghanistan, is actually showing public leadership on the war in Afghanistan.

According to sources close to the administration, Gen McChrystal shocked and angered presidential advisers with the bluntness of a speech given in London last week. The next day he was summoned to an awkward 25-minute face-to-face meeting on board Air Force One on the tarmac in Copenhagen, where the president had arrived to tout Chicago’s unsuccessful Olympic bid.

So just to be clear, Obama has now met with McChrystal twice since putting him in charge of turning the war around in Afghanistan. And one of those meetings was because His Highness was pissed that McChrystal showed leadership? Just wow.

An adviser to the administration said: “People aren’t sure whether McChrystal is being naïve or an upstart. To my mind he doesn’t seem ready for this Washington hard-ball and is just speaking his mind too plainly.”

Yes, clearly the four star general is the naive one. Because he’s daring to put the welfare of American troops and the safety of the United States over the bullcrap politics in Washington. Do these people actually hear themselves speak or does the diarrhea just flow as soon as they open their mouths?

In London, Gen McChrystal, who heads the 68,000 US troops in Afghanistan as well as the 100,000 Nato forces, flatly rejected proposals to switch to a strategy more reliant on drone missile strikes and special forces operations against al-Qaeda.

He told the Institute of International and Strategic Studies that the formula, which is favoured by Vice-President Joe Biden, would lead to “Chaos-istan”.

When asked whether he would support it, he said: “The short answer is: No.”

He went on to say: “Waiting does not prolong a favorable outcome. This effort will not remain winnable indefinitely, and nor will public support.”

The remarks have been seen by some in the Obama administration as a barbed reference to the slow pace of debate within the White House.

The White House is angry because the man they put in charge of leading the fight in Afghanistan is providing a clear, direct opinion on how best to win the war. They’re pissed because the four star general is showing leadership while Obama looks like a wimp.

You know how to go around fixing that, Axelrod? Don’t  let your man look like a wimp. Have him take leadership on the issue. Don’t try to shut up the general because he’s upstaging you due entirely to your refusal to take a stance. It’s just looking pathetic now.

Obama is interested in politics and imagery. McChrystal is interested in getting results and protecting the country.

More: Hot Air.