So . . . if Obama keeps his Afghanistan leader on board, he'll be following the lead of the Pirates?

Maria at 2 Political Junkies posts the photos above of Gen. Stanley McChrysal and the Pirates pierogie who was fired (then rehired) after criticizing his bosses.

She notes the Atlantic made the same comparison. Here's magazine staff editor Chris Good:

A minor parallel today between the worlds of politics and sports: Gen. Stanley McChrystal commits the PR blunder of the year and is on his way to the White House to explain criticisms of the administration and the president he made in a Rolling Stone profile, his future as commander of the U.S. war effort in doubt ... only four days after the Pittsburgh Pirates fired a racing pierogi for making disparaging remarks about the team.